Strawberry needle scare spreads to WA

The strawberry scare has hit Western Australia, with police saying the state's first suspected needle contamination case has been reported.

A man informed the York Police Station in regional WA on Monday that he found a needle in his sink after washing locally produced and packaged strawberries, and did not recall it being there beforehand.

The discovery comes after a seven-year-old Adelaide girl found a needle in a punnet of WA-grown strawberries purchased on Saturday from a Littlehampton supermarket.

Before the York case was reported, WA Health Minister Roger Cook said it was not known where the punnet bought in Adelaide was contaminated.

"It may be that this didn't take place in Western Australia at all," Mr Cook told reporters.

"In fact, the contamination may have taken place in South Australia."

Police are investigating the finds and consumers are urged to cut up strawberries before eating them.

WA's Department of Health said it was involved in the nationwide response to the incidents.