Woolies the worm in that plastic fruit By Matt Wade and Michael Bradley July 9 2002

Australians are eating poorer tasting fruit, treated with increasing amounts of chemicals, because of stringent quality specifications by Woolworths, says the nation’s largest citrus grower-packer.

“Woolworths just wants more and more plastic fruit,” said Steve Twomey, domestic sales manager for Vitor Marketing in Renmark. “They only care that it looks shiny and beautiful.”

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