連發多起草莓藏針事件 澳大利亞多人中招

Australians have been warned to cut fresh strawberries before biting into them after several people found sewing needles hidden inside the fruit.

在一些人發現草莓內出現縫針之後，澳大利亞出當局警告人們，吃草莓時要先切開看看是否安全。

Contaminated punnets have been reported in supermarkets in the states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

據報道，新南威爾士州、昆士蘭州和維多利亞州的超市的草莓都受到了影響。

One man was taken to hospital after eating a strawberry with a needle inside. A nine-year old boy bit into a contaminated fruit but did not swallow.

一名男子在吃了裏面有針的草莓後被送往醫院。而一名九歲的男孩咬了一口藏針的草莓，但沒有吞下。

Several brands of strawberries have been withdrawn. These include Donnybrook strawberries and those sold by the Woolworths Group under the Berry Obsession and Berry Licious names.

目前已經有幾個品牌的草莓被撤回。其中包括唐尼布魯克莓果和沃爾沃斯集團出售的莓果迷和美味莓果。

The warnings came after a contaminated punnet was reported by Joshua Gane, who wrote in a Facebook post that a 21-year-old friend had suffered "severe abdominal pain".

網友約書亞·甘恩在他的臉書帖子上寫到，他的一名21歲的朋友在吃了草莓後出現“嚴重的腹痛”，其後當局發出了警告。

"Until advised, consumers should cut up strawberries before consuming them," Queensland Health later said in a statement posted on Twitter.

昆士蘭健康局隨後在推特上發佈了一份聲明：“在警告解除之前，消費者應該在食用之前先切碎草莓。”

Australia's strawberry industry is worth some AUD130m a year and there are concerns that such incidents could have a lasting detrimental impact on sales.

澳大利亞的草莓產業的價值約爲每年1.3億澳元，有人擔心此類事件可能對銷售產生持久的不利影響。