One of the seven farms whose strawberries were sabotaged with sewing needles has been pushed to the brink after supermarkets refused to take its stock.

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.

Stephanie Chheang, whose mother and stepfather run Donnybrook Berries, shared a heartbreaking video of harvested fruit being dumped from a loader

The company was the third brand hit by the national panic that started when a man was rushed to hospital after eating a spiked strawberry on September 9.

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.'

A video showed weeks worth of harvested fruit, worth many thousands of dollars, being dumped from a loader

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

'My mum works day through to the night, controlling the shed and her 250 employees, making sure her strawberries are packed to perfection.

However, she declared the scare would not drive her family from the industry and they would find a way to survive, starting by buying metal detectors.

'This will not stop my family from doing what they do best, if anything they're going to do better,' she said.

'I thank everyone who supports us and all the other farmers who were affected by this horrible issue. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.'

The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association earlier this week warned a dozen growers could go out of business, even if their stock was not affected.

Strawberry farm lays off 100 workers and shuts its doors amid contamination scare By Nic White for Daily Mail Australia 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. 'Imagine how many millions of punnets of strawberries are going into landfill this week? Sad day for the environment too.' 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 Suncoast was not one of the seven growers whose stock was sabotaged with needles or razor blades being hidden inside them, but the whole industry is in shock. 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 predicted there would be pressure to package food differently, just when the industry was making steps towards slashing excess packaging. The once-busy fields at Suncoast will now be poisoned as there is no point in picking them '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. '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. '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.' Advertisement

The small family business north of Brisbane was forced to dump millions of strawberries in a ditch after its brand was recalled and pulled form shelves

The national panic that started when a man was rushed to hospital after eating a spiked strawberry on September 9

Police are investigating more than 20 cases in NSW alone Police are investigating more than 20 cases of strawberry spiking in NSW alone but are still no closer to finding the culprits. The startling admission dramatically increased the number of cases across Australia since the contamination crisis began on September 9. Only a dozen cases nation wide were made public before Tuesday's admission with police fearing copycats were making the scare worse. 'The consequences are dire. It's an act of treachery on the community of NSW and across the nation,' Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said 'The consequences are dire. It's an act of treachery on the community of NSW and across the nation,' Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said. 'It's not funny, we're at a point where kids are nearly going to bite into a strawberry... It's fortuitous we haven't had anyone receive significant injuries.' However, 10 days in to the crisis police were still no closer to tracking down the person or people responsible and were not even sure of a motive. Superintendent Doherty said investigators had no confirmed suspects nor received any demands from a saboteur. 'We still don't have any confirmed motivation or reasons why a person would want to do this,' he said. He said police were 'treating all cases as genuine' but warned against anyone creating fake incidents and contributing to public fears. 'However, any evidence of self-contamination or of copycat incidents impact on the industry and are very unhelpful to authorities,' he said. '[They] will be treated as food contamination which, again, is a serious offence which carries 10 years jail. 'You are causing alarm and anxiety to the public, you are causing economic loss to an industry, you are creating hysteria and making it a perilous adventure just to go and buy some fruit at a supermarket and feed your family.' The 20 cases included a banana that was found to be an isolated mental health incident, and a report of a needle being found in an apple in Sydney on Tuesday. Advertisement

The latest victim was a French bulldog-pug named Baxter who was found writing in pain and covered in blood after eating a spiked strawberry.

Debra Fox rushed her beloved pet to the vet, and was horrified to find five razor blades hidden in the fruit had slashed the inside of his throat.

The sabotage has spread to every state in Australia with police admitting on Tuesday they were investigating more than 20 cases in NSW alone.

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, Oasis, and Mal's Black Label.

The latest victim was a French bulldog-pug named Baxter whose owner Debra Fox found writing in pain and covered in blood after eating a spiked strawberry

She was horrified to find five razor blades hidden in the fruit had slashed the inside of his throat

Donnybrook is not the only farm forced to dump its stock - this supplier in Western Australia threw away millions on the weekend

Coles and Aldi supermarkets pulled all strawberries from their shelves, except Western Australia, as a precaution.

Aldi on Monday then began returning fruit from unaffected brands to its shelves after consultation with growers and food safety authorities.

The seven suppliers including Donnybrook are still out in the cold.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk issued a $100,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the saboteur.

Police believe the strawberries were spiked between packing and sale and were concerned some might be the work of copycats.

The culprits faced up to 10 years jail if convicted.