By CHERMAINE WONG 

A popular online strawberry dessert shop faces having to shut down after a week after the strawberry scandal struck across Australia. 

Needles have been reportedly found in strawberries across five states over the past week, with one arrest in NSW yesterday.

Dessert business owner Ms Chia said it was her only source of income. 

"After this scandal, I am not able to get [large quantities of] strawberries to sustain my business,” she said. 

After deducting the costs, Ms Chia said she was earning less than $100 a day – $400 less than her usual average.

The first reports of needles found in strawberries was on September 12 by a Woolworths customer in Queensland.

Reports on contaminated strawberries quickly followed in Tasmania and Western Australia, with the suggestion some of the incidents could be the work of copycats. 

Strawberries were recalled immediately and the brands affected by the scandal had to throw out their strawberries as shops refused to buy them.

Queensland farm Donnybrook Berries is one of many to be affected by the the recent strawberry scandal, causing chaos to an industry valued at more than half a billion dollars.

Stephanie Chheang, daughter of Donnybrook Berries' owners, recently shared a video to Facebook, showing millions of strawberries being thrown away.

“This here is a video of our strawberries being dumped, this here is worth more [than] you could ever imagine and within three days we lost it all,” Ms Chheang said.

Although Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has pledged $1 million to help the strawberry industry, thousands of Australians are at risk of losing their jobs should consumers don't start buying them again.

Rural Health Minister Senator Bridget McKenzie said people should keep eating strawberries, but cut the fruits before consumption to make sure they were ok.

An apple and a banana have also been found to be contaminated.