Fruit Tampering

Posted by: looklively

26th Sep 2018 10:04am

Thinking about the recent news about fruit tampering (needles in strawberries, bananas, mangoes etc), what impact would you say it had on the way you purchase and consume fresh fruits?

Goofus

3rd Oct 2018 01:47pm

The fruit tampering has not altered my buying habits for fresh fruit, the only difference is that I do cut the strawberries in half. I must admit I was not aware of problems with bananas and mangoes. I always cut mangoes up before eating, but it is a different story with bananas. So far so good. It was such a senseless and dangerous thing to do, I wonder what type of person would stoop to such a low act which had a very high risk of injury, especially to children. It is heartening to see how people have responded by buying strawberries, it must have been a devastating blow for the farmers.

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