South Australia Police have today confirmed they are investigating a second claim of contaminated strawberries in Adelaide.
It has been alleged a metal object was found embedded in a strawberry purchased from the Adelaide Fresh Fruiterers shop at Main South Road, Morphett Vale in the city's south.
No one was injured.
The contaminated strawberry was found in a punnet of Mal's Black Label strawberries, grown in WA.
The same brand was implicated in SA's other contamination case. The punnet was purchased from an Adelaide Hills supermarket on Saturday.Police said the incident on Saturday was reported by the child's father on Sunday evening and fortunately, the child was not injured.Police say the punnet was also from Mal's Black Label strawberries, and was purchased on Saturday afternoon from Kloses's Foodland supermarket at Littlehampton.When the fruit was eaten on Sunday morning, a needle was found inside one of the strawberries.Police said there were no reported injuries, but all remaining stock has been removed from all the supermarket's locations.
Yesterday a seven-year-old girl bit into a strawberry containing a needle. Read more @ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-16/contaminated-strawberries-in-punnet-bought-in-adelaide-hills/10253528