The Brisbane Times of Australia is reporting that dsgruntled factory worker Steven Geoffrey Murray, of Northgate, was sentenced to two years’ jail  after accusing a major Brisbane food manufacturer of using faeces as an ingredient in its products, which cost the company thousands of dollars in losses.

Crown prosecutor Paul Rutledge was cited as saying Murray had worked for the company for four years until his dismissal in April last year.

Shortly afterwards, Murray rang Queensland Health to report alleged hygiene breaches at the factory, including rat and cockroach infestation and the use of human waste and bodily fluids in the dough used to make food.

Health officers and police conducted a "snap inspection" of the factory but found the allegations to be false.

Investigators later traced the telephone call to Murray. The name of the food manufacturer was withheld during today’s proceedings to save the company further damage.