The Grocer and Co Organics owner Guy Hampton, who owns the business with his wife Ellie, said it had been a talking point among customers at his store.

“There’s been a few different people that have brought it up with me,” Mr Hampton said.

He said several customers had also sought out Australian products at the store due to their concerns.

Mrs Hampton said she hadn’t noticed much of a change in customer habits, and people who shopped at The Grocer and Co Organics were already educated about where there food came from.

“Frozen berries is one of the last places you would have thought there was a problem,” Mrs Hampton said.

“I think it’s important that people think about where there food comes from and what they are eating. With consumer awareness it becomes less robotic with them picking things off the shelf because they’ve always done it.”

The Agrestic Grocer co-owner Lucas Martin said the business only stocked seasonal berries and always sold out, but he had noticed a slight increase in people sourcing locally produced or Australian products.

“I think there’s been an overall interest in the products,” he said.

“I think that’s where the conversation will head now, into a broader conversation into fresh produce.”

Mr Martin said Australia did not have enough berries to supply both fresh and frozen on a national scale.

“There’s been a whole lot of conversation that Australia doesn’t have the capacity to satisfy that frozen berry market,” he said.

“The technology is not here either.”

He said people should buy seasonally, but if they wanted frozen berries international safety guides needed to be made safer.

Orange Region Farmers Market manager Cathy Thompson said although it was terrible that people got sick from imported food, it had raised awareness of finding out where food came from.

“I think it’s important to support local whether that’s Australian or in a regional area that supplies Australian product,” Ms Thompson said.

tanya.marschke@fairfaxmedia.com.au