Terrifying moment Melbourne man thought he was going to die after consuming toxic batch of poppy seeds

A musician thought he was going to die when his muscles started spasming after drinking a toxic batch of poppy seeds in his tea.

Melbourne man Andy Jordan, who has been using poppy seeds for two years for a stomach problem, recalled the horrific experience on the Today Show.

A nationwide recall has been issued on numerous poppy seed products after several people were admitted to hospitals for poisonings across the country.

Mr Jordan said the effects of the wrong batch of poppy seeds started showing up within minutes.

There has been a nationwide recall of poppy seeds due to a number of toxic contaminations across the country (stock image)

“I drank the poppy seeds in the morning, and about five minutes later my eyes closed, and it felt like strychnine poisoning, the muscles started spasming all over, and I knew I had problems then,” he told the Today show host. Allison Langdon.

He explained that his brother tried to call an ambulance several times, but each time the number rang.

“I can’t get an ambulance. I called and called and called and no one answered.

Mr Jordan’s housemate then rushed him to hospital as his condition worsened significantly.

“I was having convulsions, every muscle was spasming in my chest, in my back, it felt like my kidneys were being crushed to death,” he said.

‘It was crazy. It was as if a chemical weapon had been mixed in the bag.

The musician thought he was going to die “about ten minutes” after his symptoms started.

Mr Jordan said he felt every muscle in his body tense and his kidneys were ‘squeezed to death’. After failing to reach an ambulance after calling repeatedly, he was rushed to hospital

The Melbourne man said a toxicologist at the hospital he was taken to identified poppy seeds as the cause of his symptoms.

“It was the worst feeling you can imagine, it’s like torture,” he added.

Mr Jordan explained that a toxicologist who was in hospital at the time immediately identified poppy seeds as the culprit in his poisoning.

He injected Mr Jordan with muscle relaxants to stop his muscles twitching and his body to calm down.

Mr Jordan believes his poisoning was the result of two batches of poppy seeds – one used for medicinal purposes and the other for general consumption, which were mixed together before he consumed the seeds.

There have been 32 cases of poppy seed poisoning across the country recently. Patients suffered from heart attacks, tachycardia, hypertension, seizures and acute kidney injury (stock image)

There have been 32 recent cases of toxic poppy seed contamination in Australia in the past month.

Patients suffered from heart attacks, tachycardia, hypertension, seizures and acute kidney injury.

This triggered a nationwide recall of poppy seeds, including East West Foods Wholesale poppy seeds, Gaganis Premium Australian poppy seeds and Hoyts poppy seeds.

Most cases of poisoning are due to home-brewed poppy seed tea.