not considered a significant health concern for healthy people. However, food should still be handled and washed properly before eating.
Why Do Tiny Worms Appear Inside Strawberries?
Fruit-fly larvae can develop inside fruits after adult insects lay eggs in or on the produce.
Spotted wing drosophila is particularly associated with soft, ripening fruits. Strawberries can therefore occasionally contain larvae even when they appear perfectly normal from the outside.
The larvae are usually very small and pale, which can make them difficult to notice until the fruit is soaked, cut open,
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