Homemade food products that may still be circulating in the community are believed to be behind a cluster of rat poisoning cases in Queensland's south-east.

Queensland Health has issued an alert for people to be aware of two homemade, unlabelled products - a homemade capsicum and chilli paste and a homemade marinated eggplant containing a capsicum and chilli paste - that may be circulating in Logan.

The alert comes after five people from Logan, including a child, went to hospitals last week with symptoms consistent with having ingested brodifacoum, a common ingredient in rat poison.

After an investigation with Queensland Police, Queensland Health has found three of those five people had consumed these homemade products and product samples have tested positive for brodifacoum.

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