He directed Food Standards Australia New Zealand to investigate whether there were supply chain weaknesses that need to be fixed. Both of New Zealand’s major food distributors, Foodstuffs and Countdown, announced Monday they are taking Australian strawberries off their shelves because of the scare. Major Australian supermarket chains Coles and Aldi have pulled all strawberries from their shelves across Australia except in Western Australia state as a precaution. ADVERTISEMENTBut Western Australia police announced Monday that the first suspected needle contamination case has been reported in locally grown fruit. Western Australia Health Minister Roger Cook said the needle could have been inserted in the fruit after it arrived in South Australia.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 17, 2018 12:21 UTC