An viral audio clip has sparked controversy after it warned citizens against eating tomatoes due to holes in them, which it said are due to snake bites. The head of Farmers Syndicate, Hussein Abdel-Rahman Abu-Saddam, refuted these allegations, saying that the circulating warning is nothing more than baseless rumors. He added that the holes in tomatoes are not caused by snake bites as some claim, but are actually caused by an insect known as the “tomato weevil”. Abu-Saddam explained that this insect, in its larval stage, digs tunnels in the leaves and fruits of tomatoes, which causes the crop to be destroyed and weakened significantly. He said: “The insect may attack other crops such as potat
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