An orange purchased at a Brisbane fruit and veg shop turned purple hours after it was cut open. Originally it looked and smelt fine. Parts of the orange were left out on the kitchen counter overnight. The next morning the remaining fruit was part orange, part purple.
The person who bought it, a Ms Moffitt, hit the internet where she found only one other occurrence of an orange turning purple, also in Queensland in 2015.
Moffitt contacted Queensland Health to investigate her case. "The gentleman who came to collect it was very, very excited," she said. "He was aware of a case three years ago, and he'd spoken to the chemist who tested the orange three years ago and said 'look, I think we've got another one'."
According to abc.net.au, Queensland Health have promised to keep Ms Moffitt in the loop on the test results.
