AUSTRALIA: Probation for food contamination - (ABC News Online (Australia))
February 18, 2008 – 7:13 pmA north west Tasmanian man has been placed on three years probation for contaminating several thousand dollars worth of supermarket food.
Forty-four-year-old Stephen John Walsh admitted spraying a cleaning agent on the food. A year ago, Walsh went into a Devonport supermarket and took a spray can of bleach from the shelves. He sprayed more than $4,600 worth of meat, fruit and vegetables before walking out.
A shopper saw Walsh in the act, and alerted a staff member to the contaminated food. Walsh was later identified on surveillance tapes.
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