Canadá: Security cameras now used for PEI potato harvest
P.E.I.’s potato harvest is now underway and many farmers have installed security cameras in their fields and around machinery due to potato tampering concerns.
Last fall, sharp steel needles and other metal objects were detected in P.E.I. potatoes at processing plants and in bags sold throughout the Atlantic region. A number of metal objects were found in potatoes again this spring.The incidents have sent shockwaves through the Island’s potato industry.Alex Docherty, P.E.I.
Potato Board chairman, is one of many farmers who have set up cameras for 24/7 surveillance.Docherty says his motion-activated cameras have already caught several trespassers on his land.
He has handed some of that footage to police and to conservation officers for further investigation.Halifax Police are investigating a possible case of food tampering after a nail was found yesterday in a potato sold at a grocery store.Police said at 3 p.m. Wednesday the manager of the Bedford Superstore called them to report a customer had discovered a nail in a potato from a five-pound bag of Farmer’s Market red potatoes.
The store manager says the bag was bought at the end of August. No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.This is the latest in a series of incidents where potatoes sold at stores around the Maritimes have been found to contain metal objects, either nails or needles.
Fuente: freshplaza
