SYDNEY – The piercing of supermarket strawberries with sewing needles is comparable to terrorism, Australia’s prime minister said Wednesday, as he demanded sentences of up to 15 years in response to a nationwide scare. Urging Australians to make a strawberry Pavlova this weekend to help struggling farmers, Scott Morrison demanded a change in the law to toughen sentences. ADVERTISEMENT“We’re not mucking about,” said Morrison, after pieces of fruit were found to be contaminated with needles or pins. That, he said, would put the crime on par with “things like possessing child pornography and financing terrorism. Authorities have suggested strawberries be cut up before they are eaten.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 19, 2018 07:07 UTC