Subject - Flesh eating bacteria on bananas?
QUESTION - I just received a phone call questioning the safety of bananas. This caller said a friend had told her there is information on the internet telling everyone to discard their bananas because of a flesh-eating bacteria! Do you know anything about this?
ANSWER - The rumors, circulating on the Internet, concerning a so-called flesh eating bacteria carried by Costa Rican bananas are false, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
See the link below and remember to visit the Rumors, Myths, and Urban Legends in the Food Safety Web Site at Bad Science
False Internet Report about Bananas
