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SMS Hoax - Pepsi HIV Contamination, Blood Infection

There has been an anti-Pepsi campaign that has been circulating through sms and even spreaded online via networking sites and local blogs.

The rumors said that the popular softdrinks - Pepsi has been contaminated with an HIV infections and that the total number of infected bottles are unknown and recalls cannot be made as the contamination area cannot be pinpointed.

According to reports, a worker that is closely working on Pepsi's pouring process had came out positive on HIV virus from its annual medical examination. Annual medical examination is mandatory on all companies nationwide.

One sms reads:
ALERT: JUST HEARD A PEPSI WORKER WHO AS INFECTED WITH HIV WAS PUTTING HIS INFECTED BLOOD INTO THE DAMN POP'S WHILE WORKING IN THE WARE HOUSE AND HE WAS EMPLOYED THERE FOR 5 YEARS! NASTY BASTARD NO MORE PEPSI FOR ME! SMDH PEOPLE)

A facebook status also had this message:
To all my fellow facebook friends n family please do not drink pepsi from tha bottles a company worker has put his contaminated HIV blood in some of tha bottles thanks

Is there any truths on this news?
We, at keywordspeak.com wants to retain the credibility of this site and this article only and plainly intends to inform that such news has been circlating online and offline, locally.

We cannot confirm where and who started this rumor, but it can be clearly known that this will hurt the sale of Pepsi and its related products even on small scale.

Pepsi Company in its official website's Frequently Asked Question or FAQ page has released this statement.

Is it true that Pepsi bottles / Tropicana packs were contaminated with HIV infected blood?
No, there is not even a shred of truth to this absurd story. This fake story is an attempt to malign the company's reputation.

Are Pepsi and Tropicana safe for consumption?
Please be assured that Pepsi and Tropicana are 100% safe; they are manufactured in fully automated plants, untouched by hand, that maintain global standards of quality and excellence. There is a fraud SMS being circulated raising concerns that Pepsi bottles and Tropicana packs are contaminated with HIV AIDS infected blood. This is absolutely untrue.


However, here are some facts about how HIV virus can be transmitted.

HIV virus can spread only (that's only) by Blood Transmission , Transfusion Unsafe Sex with an HIV positive. Through birth from HIV positive mother (wich is 70% preventable now). Experts even a dismissed mosquito bite as a mean to transmit it. HIV virus cannot live long in external environment and no ideal condition can keep it alive outside the victim's living cell. Its only survival habitat is a living blood. If the blood comes out and gets frozen or dissolved before entering another body the HIV virus surely dies.