http://www.saps.gov.za/_dynamicModules/internetSite/newsBuild.asp?myURL=879
South African Police Service
21 November 2008
Another hoax e-mail
Tomato sauce infected with HIV+ blood
Pretoria
An e-mail is being widely circulated in which it is claimed that a well-known food chain sent letters out to schools warning about tomato sauce which could have been deliberately contaminated with the blood of an HIV+ person.
This e-mail has been brought to the attention of the South African Police Service and a thorough enquiry has revealed it to be a hoax which, unfortunately, is becoming an urban legend. Similar hoaxes have been discovered on web sites in other countries. [...]
South African Police Service
21 November 2008
Another hoax e-mail
Tomato sauce infected with HIV+ blood
Pretoria
An e-mail is being widely circulated in which it is claimed that a well-known food chain sent letters out to schools warning about tomato sauce which could have been deliberately contaminated with the blood of an HIV+ person.
This e-mail has been brought to the attention of the South African Police Service and a thorough enquiry has revealed it to be a hoax which, unfortunately, is becoming an urban legend. Similar hoaxes have been discovered on web sites in other countries. [...]
http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4727336
The Cape Times [South Africa]
24 November 2008
Wimpy says contaminated sauce claims are a 'hoax'
Natasha Joseph
FAST-FOOD restaurant chain Wimpy says its food and condiments are entirely safe and has labelled an e-mail which suggests a man was caught putting blood into a tomato-sauce dispenser "a hoax". [...]
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