Instead of dealing with a claimed "ticking time bomb" of health concerns about a product for pregnant women, a Blackmores subsidiary is accused of firing the whistleblower who shed light on them.
Peter Ellis worked for the Blackmores-owned firm Bioceuticals Pty Ltd from March 2016 to April 2021 as a client relationship manager.
Around June 2017, Mr Ellis says he began receiving a number of serious complaints from customers about dark spots that appeared to be mould on the reformulated pregnancy multivitamin InNatal Plus Iron.
He repeatedly brought up these complaints but was told to keep selling the product, he alleged in Federal Court documents.
Mr Ellis has sued for compensation, claiming the company terminated his role in April 2021 and refused to redeploy him.
Bioceuticals is yet to file a defence to the lawsuit, but owner Blackmores told AAP it took product safety seriously and all the former employee's concerns had been properly investigated.
Mr Ellis said he told his supervisor in early 2018 that a lot of customers were worried about their or their unborn children's health due to the spots.
"The message to market is that it's not a safety concern if people have consumed them, but we don't have any assay or microbiology testing to confirm that," he said.
"I'm not OK with telling people they are OK to consume and I know many in the team aren't either."
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