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Another tainted potato found in Labrador City

Another potato with a needle inside it has been found this time, in the same place where the mystery began: in Labrador City.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Linkletter Farms Ltd. of Summerside, P.E.I., issued a voluntary recall when a two-inch needle was found in this potato two weeks ago. (Bruce Budgell)

Another potato with a needle inside it has been found this time, in the same place where the mystery began:in Labrador City.

Two weeks ago, amanin western Labrador found a sewing needle inside a potato.

Since then, six other tainted potatoes have been discovered, most of them in Newfoundland and Labrador.

All of the tainted potatoes came from Linkletter Farms near Summerside, P.E.I.

In all of the cases, sewing needles were found inside the vegetable.

The RCMP has launched a criminal investigation.