Needles are being hidden in strawberries across Australia
Customers who purchased strawberries in the last week are being urged to throw them out after sewing needles were found in the fruit.https://twitter.com/i/moments/1039774487921577984 …
“Advice continues to be eat strawberries, but cut them up and have a look first.”https://nyti.ms/2NjKMHx
.@pwafork on needles in strawberries: What is actually really needed here is an arrest. We need to know who is doing it. Is it a scrubbed employee, is it a backpacker, is it somebody working on these farms, are there copycat cases?
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Strawberries have been stripped from supermarket shelves and growers are dumping tonnes of their crop as police in Australia hunt for an individual putting sewing needles in the fruit.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/strawberry-saboteur-spreads-needle-terror-00rkfkcm7?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1537118287 …
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Australia strawberry scare grows as hidden sewing needles found in fruit across all six of the country's states http://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-17/needles-in-strawberries-scare-spreads-across-australia/ …pic.twitter.com/Zqg1TiMmQZ
The discovery of sewing needles hidden in punnets of strawberries across Australia has prompted a public health warning https://bit.ly/2OvmiHZ pic.twitter.com/u9LfAV1Zm3
A $100,000 (£55,000) reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Australia's strawberry spikers, amid fears up to six brands may have been contaminated with needles and pins.http://l-bc.co/yKyF4Nd
A needle has been found inside a strawberry at a supermarket in Adelaide Hills, the first incident reported in South Australia.https://twitter.com/i/moments/1041287256789532672 …
WA strawberry growers fear the needle sabotage crisis could wipe out the entire industry in Australia. WA growers have already been forced to dump more than 20 tonnes of the fruit.http://bit.ly/2MGP72F
WA strawberry growers have been caught up in the needle scare -with a contaminated Gingin grown punnet bought in South Australia.
It comes as police investigate a needle found at York.
A Federal investigation's been ordered in to the national scandal. @TenNewsPerth #perthnewspic.twitter.com/demmIEPuXO
In an unprecedented move, some of our major supermarkets have pulled all strawberries from their shelves as the needle crisis deepens. On the eve of South Australia's picking season, growers say their only hope is a grassroots campaign to buy local. @ElspethHussey7 #7Newspic.twitter.com/X01qBJXBWR
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Just did my shopping and bought even more Australian grown strawberries. I refuse to let some sicko wreck the income of our strawberries farmers. #standbyourfarmers #auspolpic.twitter.com/LJnPwZa0mc
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Latst nights Desert, Lowana Sponge filled with cream & Aussie Strawberries & blueberries yumpic.twitter.com/enCHM0vFcG
Queensland Police are investigating a potential fruit tampering incident after a metal object was found in a banana.https://twitter.com/i/moments/1041551613385560064 …