A strawberry grower is shutting down its season early and destroying millions of healthy fruits as sales plunge amid the spiking scare.
Suncoast Harvest, a small farm on the Sunshine Coast, laid off about 100 workers weeks ahead of schedule, blaming a customer 'frenzy'.
'We have decided it is best to pull out of growing strawberries for the rest of this year... and begin spraying out healthy paddocks of luscious, juicy berries,' it said.
Suncoast Harvest, a small farm on the Sunshine Coast, laid off about 100 workers weeks ahead of schedule as sales plunge amid the spiking scare
'Imagine how many millions of punnets of strawberries are going into landfill this week? Sad day for the environment too.'
The company is one of many that have been forced to scrap many thousands of dollars in stock as frightened customers refuse to buy.
Suncoast was not one of the six growers whose stock was sabotaged with needles or razor blades being hidden inside them, but the whole industry is in shock.
Supermarkets didn't help the situation by pulling all strawberries from shelves, with Aldi only putting them back on Monday.
The angry owner hit out at victims posting complaints about their contaminated fruit to social media and whipping up fear against that hurt all growers.
'There are proper channels to report these things to so they can be substantiated before causing fear and/or harm. Have a care, people,' they said.
'Thumbs down to the various government departments who mismanaged this into an international scare campaign. They need to be held accountable.'
Suncoast said it would destroy millions of healthy fruits across its paddocks (pictured) because it could no longer sell them
Suncoast was not one of the six growers whose stock was sabotaged with needles or razor blades being hidden inside them, but the whole industry is in shock
Suncoast predicted there would be pressure to package food differently, just when the industry was making steps towards slashing excess packaging.
'It will now be necessary to tamper-proof everything with more plastic and waste untold volumes of existing, obsolete and unused packaging into landfills,' they said.
As spiked strawberries popped up in every state of Australia, police appeared no closer to tracking down the culprit and any copycats.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk issued a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the saboteur, who faced up to 10 years jail.
'Hopefully, they find out who has committed this awful crime against our industry and our favourite fruit and against Australian consumers and farmers,' Suncoast said.
The company is one of many, such as Donnybrook Berries (pictured), that have been forced to scrap many thousands of dollars in stock as frightened customers refuse to buy
Stephanie Chheang, whose mother and stepfather run Donnybrook Berries, shared a heartbreaking video of harvested fruit being dumped from a loader
'Food tampering carries maximum penalties for good reason. We all enjoy safe, clean food in this country and on that reputation, we have export markets across the globe.
'Whoever has jeopardised that reputation and our confidence in the foods we eat need to be severely dealt with.'
The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association earlier this week warned a dozen growers could go out of business, even if their stock was not affected.
The situation was even more dire for the growers whose fruit was tampered with, as supermarkets still refuse to stock them.
Stephanie Chheang, whose mother and stepfather run Donnybrook Berries, shared a heartbreaking video of harvested fruit being dumped from a loader.
'This is no doubt the worst thing to ever happen to my family. This is worth more than you could ever imagine and within three days we lost it all,' she said.
The angry owner hit out at victims posting complaints about their contaminated fruit to social media and whipping up fear against that hurt all growers
The small family business north of Brisbane was forced to dump millions of strawberries in a ditch after its brand was recalled.
'We have to throw them out because the markets wouldn't take our strawberries due to the needle scare,' she said.
Ms Chheang said her mother Leena Lee Cufari and stepfather spent years and 'all their money' building the farm, only for it to be wiped out.
'They put all their money and effort in to build such a successful business. They work hard to make the money for our family and to have these selfish individuals destroy it is just so upsetting.
'My mum works day through to the night, controlling the shed and her 250 employees, making sure her strawberries are packed to perfection.'
Berry Obsession, Berry Licious and Donnybrook Berries have recalled their strawberries nationwide.
Police are also investigating contamination of fruit sold by Delightful Strawberries, Love Berries and Oasis in stores in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT.
This supplier in Western Australia was another that threw away millions on the weekend
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Main photo article A strawberry grower is shutting down its season early and destroying millions of healthy fruits as sales plunge amid the spiking scare.
Suncoast Harvest, a small farm on the Sunshine Coast, laid off about 100 workers weeks ahead of schedule, blaming a customer ‘frenzy’.
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