WA company caught up in strawberry needle saga

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A WA company has been caught up in the strawberry contamination scare.

South Australian police issued an alert for consumers on Sunday night after a needle was found inside a strawberry purchased in the Adelaide Hills.

The strawberry was in a punnet of Mal’s Black Label strawberries, a small grower based in Gingin, north of Perth.

SA is the fifth Australian state or territory to be implicated by the needle saga.

A Health Department spokesperson said there has been no reports of contaminated strawberries in WA, but anyone who has purchased Mal’s Black Label strawberries should check the fruit before eating them.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said he has asked for an immediate appraisal by the Food Safety Authority of Australia and New Zealand.

“This is a very vicious crime and it’s a general attack on the public, and it’s also an attack on a specific industry,” he said.

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