Woolworths under fire after mother finds something sharp in daughter’s strawberries
Supermarket giant Woolworths has come under fire after claims a 12-year-old girl found a nail in a strawberry sold in one of their northern Adelaide stores.
Her mother is furious that the brand has not been pulled from shelves after the incident.
Sylvia, 12, wanted some strawberries on Saturday night, but after cutting the fruit, she found a horrific surprise.
“I got the knife and I started cutting, then I actually saw (it) in there… I picked it out to see what it was and it was a nail,” Sylvia said to 7NEWS.
The nail was about an inch long and wedged deep inside one of the strawberries.
“I was terrified,” Sylvia said.
“I never thought that would happen to me.”
Sylvia’s mum Suzy explained that after the 2018 strawberry contamination issues, Sylvia always cuts up her fruit.
“If she swallowed it… straight to emergency,” she said.
“It could’ve pierced something inside her.”
Suzy furiously brought the strawberries back to Woolworths after reporting the issue, but was surprised to find Driscoll’s strawberries still on the shelves.
“I would’ve assumed that they would’ve took just a precaution to take the strawberries off the shelf just until they can say what actually has happened,” she said.
Woolworths has said that the incident is an isolated case and after found no issues after checking the stock in store.
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