Warning to cut strawberries issued after needles found in fruit

SYDNEY: Australians have been warned to cut strawberries before eating them after sewing needles were found in several punnets, triggering the withdrawal of three brands from sale nationwide.

Australian authorities earlier this week asked people to dispose of strawberries purchased from Woolworths Group if they bore the brand of Berry Licious or Berry Obsession after three punnets were discovered to include fruit embedded with sewing needles.

The advice was late on Thursday expanded after police in Australia’s north east said they had received four complaints about needles with Donnybrook branded strawberries.