The strawberry scandal’s costing the industry millions of dollars, but it’s created a booming trade for one food safety company.
A&D Australasia provides metal detectors to food production companies, and their sales in the last week - including in New Zealand - have skyrocketed.
Spokesperson for the company Julian Horsley says he’s sold a year’s worth of products in just four days.
“There's an element of panic obviously because customers are saying we can't buy your product until this and this are in line - so that's obviously a commercial panic to them” he said.
Each detector costs around $22,000, but Horsley says growers are viewing them as an investment.
"For these guys it's either put my produce in the rubbish bin, or supply it to the customers.”
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