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Police called: Woman rushed to hospital after eating a strawberry, believed to be from Coles, with a needle inside it

New contamination scare sparks new sabotage fears - by Amy Sinclair
  • 23 Sep 2019

A Melbourne woman has been rushed to hospital after eating a strawberry which reportedly had a needle concealed inside of it. 

It’s claimed the woman, named Skye, had taken a bite of her birthday cake which had the contaminated strawberry on top - leading to a sharp object to become lodged in her throat. 

Police called: Woman rushed to hospital after eating a strawberry, believed to be from Coles, with a needle inside it

It’s believed the strawberry was purchased from Coles, who are now investigating the incident. 

Skye’s stepfather Dave Chapman told the Herald Sun that she pulled out the needle after taking a bite from strawberry, before being rushed to Austin Hospital in Melbourne with something sharp stuck in her throat. 

'An X-ray shows it's not a needle lodged in her throat, we think there's something else that was stuck in the strawberry,' Skye’s stepfather told the Herald Sun.  

'Maybe plastic or a toothpick. She's swallowed something, but we don't know what that is.' 

Coles has confirmed they have police over the incident. 

'We have worked with our strawberry suppliers to implement additional control measures to ensure strawberries are inspected before they are sent to supermarkets,' they told the Herald Sun.

'We have notified the police and will follow up with our supplier to investigate the matter.'

The latest sabotage scare comes after millions of strawberries were destroyed last year after a string of needle contamination scares. 

Disgruntled farm picking worker My Ut Trinh, 50, has been accused of sparking the crisis - which lead to other copycat attacks - and was arrested in November.

She faces seven counts of contaminating goods with intent to cause economic loss.

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