What do you get when you mix a leaking beetroot tin, a few electrodes and Melbourne Airport?

A lot of red faces.

Beetroot causes a stir at Melbourne Airport. Credit:iStock

A Hazmat team from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was rushed to the airport on Friday morning, after reports of a "a purple liquid" leaking from an "unknown package".

MFB Northern District commander David Wood said they were called at 9am to a shipping business at the airport.