Belle Gibson's debut cookbook to be shredded by her publishers.

More news for the controversial “cancer curing” cookbook.

Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books is set to shred around 7,000 copies of Belle Gibson‘s debut cookbook, The Whole Pantry. 

This news comes less than a week after Penguin pulled the book from Australian stores and just days after Apple quietly pulled The Whole Pantry app from its online stores.

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The book has been at the centre of a web of controversy for the past few weeks, following doubts around the authenticity of author Belle Gibson‘s claims that she had terminal cancer. Ms Gibson had also credited a diet of natural food as a cure to her cancer.

Further questions were raised when it was revealed that the 23-year-old had also been soliciting donations for charities but that her company had never passed on the almost $300,000 raised. Instead, it was reported that Ms Gibson may have flown to the US on a business class ticket to avoid confronting questions.

The Whole Pantry, which was originally released in Australia late last year, was due to go on sale in the US from April 14. However US publishing house Atria Books made the decision to scrap the cookbook’s release after the ongoing string of allegations brought against Ms Gibson.

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“Our decision was made upon the failure of the author to provide clarification for numerous allegations concerning her biography and charitable endeavors,” Atria said in a statement.

All orders for the book were cancelled and the 7,000 copies that had been printed and shipped to warehouses are due to be shredded.