The Victorian Department of Health's Sally Ann Atkinson (pictured below) told the assemblage she believed the decease headdress mushroom poisoning outbreak was 'quite unusual' earlier messages betwixt her and Erin Patterson were revealed successful court.
The wellness serviceman besides said she wanted to get the deadly mushrooms disconnected the shelves of stores if they 'existed'.
Patterson has claimed she had purchased fastener mushrooms from a section Woolworths arsenic good arsenic dried muhsrooms from an unamed Asian store successful Melbourne.
Ms Atkinson said she attempted to telephone Patterson connected August 1 earlier texting her astatine 3.50pm that aforesaid day.
She asked for circumstantial accusation astir the luncheon she served her guests including immoderate drinks and ingredients used.
'I request to cognize what drinks were served, I request to cognize what shallots were used,' the wellness serviceman wrote.
Ms Atkinson told Patterson she needed 'more precise accusation astir the packaging' of the mushrooms arsenic good arsenic 'any roads you were parked connected oregon (were) adjacent those stores'.
'Just things to deliberation astir erstwhile I request to talk to you again,' Ms Atkinson ended her message.
Patterson responded astatine 4.08pm connected August 2.
'Hi Sally I volition effort to get that accusation each to you arsenic soon arsenic possible,' she wrote.
'I’m conscionable dealing with trying to negociate and look aft the kids successful infirmary present and a spot snowed nether trying to negociate that.
'I’ll get this info to you arsenic soon arsenic I tin but I've conscionable been successful a mates of meetings with radical astatine the infirmary erstwhile you’ve been trying to call.'
Ms Atkinson sent a instrumentality connection to Patterson hardly a infinitesimal aboriginal and asked astir the children.
'Yeah they're good convey you,' Patterson responded astatine 4.11pm.
'Very gladsome to perceive that,' Ms Atkinson instantly replied.
Ms Atkinson said she besides attempted to telephone Patterson aboriginal that evening but determination was nary answer. She said she near a voicemail and received nary instrumentality call.
Ms Atkinson said Patterson sent a substance connection again aboriginal connected August 2.
'She'd told maine she'd bought everything connected the Friday evening, (the) texts conflicted with earlier assertions,' Ms Atkinson told the court.
Ms Atkinson sent Patterson a connection back: 'Hi Erin, I person taken a mates of photos of zip-lock benignant bags with conscionable achromatic labels connected them.'
The assemblage heard Ms Atkinson past sent Patterson photos of mushrooms successful zip-lock bags.
'Can you archer maine delight if either of those sizes looks astir close and whether the statement size seems astir close to you,' she wrote.
The assemblage heard Patterson circled 1 of the zip-lock mushroom container images and responded.
'Looking astatine the size and measurement of things successful the supermarket I realise there's nary mode it tin person been 100g worth,' Patterson wrote.
'I was reasoning astir the value of that magnitude of caller I think, but adust (mushrooms) measurement a batch less.
'Yes that store doesn’t look acquainted but that benignant of packaging and labelling is precisely what I meant.
'They weren’t full similar those shitake mushies successful the photos, they were sliced. And yes the packaging was astir fractional the size of that.'
Ms Atkinson past asked Patterson to talk to her connected the phone.
Patterson responded: 'Sure.'
The brace spoke again astatine astir 11.20am connected August 3.
The assemblage heard the brace discussed the cooking process surrounding the luncheon she served her guests.
Ms Atkinson and Patterson besides communicated astir the mushrooms she utilized successful the beef Wellington.
The tribunal heard Patterson said the mushrooms were sliced but not dark.
She said they had a akin colour to fastener mushrooms.
Patterson besides sent 2 texts to Ms Atkinson describing the pastry she utilized for the beef Wellington.
'Hi Sally I utilized a combination,' Patterson wrote.
'It was each Pampas puff pastry from Woolworths. I had immoderate already successful the freezer and utilized that up and I besides bought immoderate much from Woolies that week I believe.
'It was either conscionable the basal Pampas puff pastry oregon the Pampas food puff pastry.'
A 2nd substance read: 'Oh I besides utilized filo pastry, it comes arsenic a rotation successful a bluish container from the freezer conception of Woolies. I bought that new.'
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