Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Bananas Infected with Flesh-eating Bacteria

http://www.ecr.co.za/kagiso/content/en/east-coast-radio/east-coast-radio-news?oid=1461169&sn=Detail&pid=490476&Lethal-banana-message--a-hoax-

East Coast Radio [Durban, South Africa]
22 November 2011

Lethal banana message 'a hoax'

By Thozama Mbili

An email or a BBM that has been doing the rounds warning people not to eat bananas because they are infected with a flesh eating bacteria, is a hoax.

The message claims that several deliveries of bananas from Uvongo, on the KZN South Coast, are infected with the bacteria - which it says is potentially lethal.

It also advises that if you have eaten a banana in the past two to three days, and have come down with a fever followed by a skin infection, you must urgently seek medical attention. [...]


http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/africa/55148/mozambique-hoax-messages-damage-banana.html?utm_source=thezim&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=listarticle&utm_content=headinglink

The Zimbabwean [UK]
1 December 2011

Mozambique: Hoax messages damage banana sellers

by AIM

Sales of bananas in Maputo have plummeted following the circulation of malicious e-mails and mobile phone text messages claiming that South African bananas are infected with a lethal bacteria.

The bananas sold in Maputo are grown in Mozambique, not South Africa --- indeed, Mozambique exports bananas to South Africa. But this has made no difference to panic-stricken consumers who are avoiding the fruit altogether. [...]

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