What is Happening?
Throughout NSW, QLD and WA, many victims have been found to have
experienced a sewing needle in their punnet of strawberries.
In Perth, a elderly man has been diagnosed with a needle found in his
stomach. He was taken to hospital with stomach pains but no harm
internally.
A young mother from WA has witnessed a strawberry sabotage situation
too. She was chopping strawberries for her son, when she found a needle
inside the strawberry.
She also stated, ‘What if it was your child that ate the strawberry with the
needle in it. Don’t pin the strawberries!’
Farmers and groceries are urging people to cut the strawberries before
they get eaten.
3.
Reward
$100,000 forvictim who started the ‘trend’ to come forward.
According to some websites a farmer did this because they got fired from
his job. He was really angry so he took his anger out on strawberry eaters.
The brand of strawberries that produced sewing needles in them are
‘MAL’S BLACK LABEL’ - AUSTRALILAN PREMIUM STRAWBERRIES
4.
Reactions
The causesof the strawberries aren’t the best. In Perth, a elderly man has
been diagnosed with a needle found in his stomach. He was taken to
hospital with stomach pains but no harm internally.
A young mother from WA has witnessed a strawberry sabotage situation
too. She was chopping strawberries for her son, when she found a needle
inside the strawberry.
A young girl from WA has also a strawberry incident. In which she bought
a punnet aware of the Strawberry problem. She joked to her father and
said, ‘imagine if we got a needle.’ Coincidently, she was chopping them
and discovered a needle in a strawberry.
5.
News Reports
Strawberryrecall: disturbing new strawberry discovery - News.com.au
Karl Stefanovic 'disgusted' by strawberry sabotage after QLD farm visit ...
Strawberry crisis: Government pledges $1m for industry amid hunt for ...
6.
Solving the problem
The police have been informed by this cause and have thought of a few
ideas which haven’t yet been exposed to the public.
Some customers now have to meet the farmer and punnet before buying.
