After a rather rainy June in the north of the country, the people of Troms and Finnmark finally enjoyed proper summer weather.
Solveig Marie Falch Gundersen intended Finns to enjoy it to the fullest. That’s why she bought two baskets of Rema 1000 Norwegian strawberries.
– We have lovely days here in the north now, and then they must be enjoyed to the full. Then you also have to treat yourself to strawberries every now and then, despite the price, you write to Dagbladet.
Strange find
Strawberries were to be enjoyed on Friday evening with the guests. But Solveig never quite got there. On Friday morning I discovered something unusual:
– At the bottom of one of the baskets was this glass, and you write more – and attach a picture of a jar that might look like tiger balm.
Well hidden: the jar is green and hard to distinguish from the green cardboard lid and green strawberry leaves. Photo: private
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It says that the writing on the urn has worn off. When I opened the jar, I was able to confirm that it smelled like tiger balm, and had a tough consistency.
– Consciously?
What does a jar like this do in Solveig’s strawberry basket?
– One might wonder if it was put out on purpose, says Solveig – who has expressed his suspicions that strawberries may not be Norwegian after all.
Solveig states that she sent a message to the Rema 1000 store that sold the bear, but has not yet received a response.
Solution: The label on the jar is worn, but you can still see that it’s not Norwegian. Solveig says it smells like Tiger Balm. Photo: private
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– I think I’ll stop eating those berries. When I have visitors tonight, I only serve one basket.
– Very unlucky
Now you wonder how something as random as a jar of tiger balm could end up in a strawberry basket.
– I think it’s strange, you say.
Expert: – All of this!
Bama Communications Director Pia Gulbrandsen believes tiger balm may have ended up in the basket by accident while picking.
– This is very unfortunate, and something we deeply regret, she wrote in an email to Dagbladet.
Strict hygiene rules
She says Bama has routines in place to avoid such incidents:
– The pickers who work for the individual producer are trained in strict hygiene rules, so fortunately this is something we rarely see.
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Bama has received information about the time and place of purchase, and says she will contact the producer in question and ask them to tighten the quality check of the berries.
– Currently, about 100,000 baskets are picked per day, and Bama has only Norway strawberries on the market. I encourage the customer to call the store or us, Gulbrandsen says, so we can exchange the basket.
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