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Shoppers Find Sewing Needles in Strawberries from Supermarket, At Least 1 Was Swallowed

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Usually when you purchase food, you expect it to be exactly what it is … right?

You buy apples, you expect apples. You buy onions, you expect onions.

Sometimes these seemingly simple concepts catch us by surprise, though.

For instance, when Becky Garfinkel decided to buy a salad from Target on her way home, she thought nothing of it.

She had already eaten about half of the salad when she noticed something peculiar sitting on her lettuce.

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There, about the size of a dime, was a tiny frog … still alive, too.

Talk about a surprise!

Similarly, another odd situation recently occurred in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria — but this time involving strawberries.

According to People magazine, there have been sewing needles found in Berry Licious and Berry Obsession strawberries sold at Woolworths supermarkets.

The Queensland Chief Health Officer, Dr. Jeannette Young, states that three people have already come forward claiming to have found sewing needles in their strawberries.

A Facebook user named Joshua Gane recently posted about how his friend swallowed a sewing needle and is currently seeking treatment for abdominal pain.

The police are currently unsure who is to blame for these dangerous incidents.

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However, the Queensland Strawberry Growers Association suspects a former employee purposefully planted the needles on a farm in southeast Queensland.

To anyone who has purchased these strawberries, Queensland Strawberry Growers Association’s industry development officer Jennifer Rowling suggests to either throw them away or cut them in half before consuming.

“It’s quite devastating for our growers — they’re really upset about it obviously, because this is their livelihood, and someone has taken it upon themselves to do something really nasty,” Rowling said.

For now, the remaining strawberries from that shipment have been disposed of.

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Erin Shortall is an editorial intern for The Western Journal. She is currently finishing her Bachelor's Degree at Grove City College. She has a passion for homeless ministry in her home city of Philadelphia, PA.
Erin Shortall is an editorial intern for The Western Journal. She is currently finishing her Bachelor's Degree at Grove City College. She has a major in English, minors in both Writing and Communication Studies, and a Technical Writing concentration. She is currently working on designing and writing a book of poetry to financially support a new homeless ministry of Grove City, PA called Beloved Mercy Ministry. In her spare time, she loves to sing, play piano, exercise, traverse cities, and find the cutest coffee shops. She also has a passion for homeless ministry in her home city of Philadelphia, PA.
Birthplace
Philadelphia, PA
Honors/Awards
Scholarship of Academic Achievement and Moral Character
Education
Grove City College
Location
Grove City, PA
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish
Topics of Expertise
Visual Design, Document Design, Technical Communication, Literature, Computer Ethics




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