Bananas still good to eat

Ashley Walmsley
July 13 2017 - 5:00pm
STILL GOOD: Bananas are the number one grocery item in the country and despite another suspected outbreak of Panama disease in north Queensland, the fruit is still fine to eat.
STILL GOOD: Bananas are the number one grocery item in the country and despite another suspected outbreak of Panama disease in north Queensland, the fruit is still fine to eat.

BANANA growers have reminded the public that bananas are still good to eat despite the detection of another suspected outbreak of Panama disease on a Tully farm this week.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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