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The strawberry needle that emptied supermarket shelves
A sewing needle hidden in a strawberry in Queensland sparks a nationwide supermarket panic and threatens an entire strawberry industry.
The strawberry needle that emptied supermarket shelves
In this episode, we follow the early days of a food contamination crisis that began with a single three-centimetre sewing needle in a punnet and unfolded across supply chains, farms and retailers. We map how delays, industry practices and local labor shaped the spread of fear and ask how those gaps were exposed.
Date: 9 September 2018
Location: Queensland, Australia
Person: My Ut Trinh
Topic: Needle…
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