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Supermarkets across the country are now installing blue lights in their fruit and vegetable sections, to limit the amount of needles being pricked into fruit.

This follows the Prime Minister’s announcement that new laws will be introduced so people contaminating strawberries will face more jail time, if caught.

Scott Morrison has described those who have hidden needles in fruit as “grubs”, urging people to continuing buying strawberries with care, but just cut them first “to make sure they haven’t been fucked with.”

Strawberries that appear to have been contaminated with sewing needles have been found across five states and investigations are ongoing, with one state Government offering a $100,000 reward for information.

With new revelations every day, it is not yet clear how and when this hysterical attack on agribusiness will end.

However, Australian media outlets vowing to continue reporting on any new reports of contamination, regardless of whether they end up being found true, or made-up. In an effort to discourage copycat offenders in the same way school shootings do in America.

The Federal Government has already announced $1 million to help deal with the crisis, fast-track product recalls and to detect contamination – as well as providing supermarkets with free blue lights to confuse possible offenders.

When it comes to strategies for reducing needles in the community, blue indoor lighting has been used for minimizing intravenous drug abuse in public spaces for many years now.

Public bathrooms at convenience stores or service stations can be a common place for drug users to inject themselves in privacy. The idea of using blue lights in these bathrooms relies on the colour making it harder for users to locate their vein, which disrupts the process, and in turn, ruins the high.

Morrison has today announced a similar approach, after visiting a KFC bathroom in the outer suburbs of the Sutherland Shire.

“Pretty good idea” he said.

“Like, deadset, what the fuck else can we do? Ban needles? Only New South Wales would be able to pull that off”

“I mean, we could just tell everyone to be careful and stop reporting it?”