Latest Fact-Checks In Food Safety

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Social Media
stated on February 25, 2025 a post
Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • March 14, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
Karoline Leavitt
stated on January 28, 2025 White House press briefing
The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”
Half-True
January 30, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2024 a Facebook post
"McDonalds chicken nuggets contain silicone oil."
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • November 22, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 29, 2024 an Instagram post
Bragg’s apple cider vinegar uses Bill Gates’ ‘Apeel’ apples, which harm the body.
False
November 20, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 18, 2024 an Instagram post
"McDonald’s offered 850 million to RFK for hush money” related to its frying oil.
Pants on Fire!
November 19, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 29, 2024 Instagram posts
Video shows “FBI finds human remains at a McDonald’s meat supplier.”
Pants on Fire!
October 2, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 17, 2024 an Instagram post
CDC warns a third of adults may die from dangerous bacteria in ramen noodles.
False
September 18, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2024 a Facebook post
Patron, Don Julio and Pink Whitney tequila recalled because they contained fecal matter.
False
September 13, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on August 29, 2024 an X post
Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia.
False
September 3, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2024 a video
Morton Salt and other plain and iodized table salts contain 25% sand and 25% glass that cut up “your arterial and venous network and that’s how you get high blood pressure.”
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 22, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 31, 2024 an Instagram post
ProduceMaxx sprayed on organic produce at grocery stores contains pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics.
Mostly False
April 11, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2024 a Facebook post
Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.
False
April 11, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2024 una publicación en Facebook
"El Comité Central Chino para la Calidad de los Alimentos ha anunciado la prohibición de la venta de Coca-Cola para consumo humano en todo el país".
False
February 6, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2023 a Facebook post
Tyson Foods may put insect protein in your chicken nuggets.
False
December 14, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2023 en una publicación en Facebook
"La industria alimentaria quiere que comas” lechuga de plástico sintético sin nutrición y lleno de contaminantes.
False
By Maria Briceño • November 28, 2023
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 31, 2023 an X post
Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.
False
By Sara Swann • October 31, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 3, 2023 an Instagram post
“FDA wants to replace salt with Bill Gates’ new mRNA fake salt.”
False
October 5, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 6, 2023 a Facebook video
Video shows magnetic meat for sale in U.S. grocery stores.
False
By Sara Swann • October 4, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2023 a Reel
Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate.
False
By Grace Abels • August 25, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2023 a post
“Goldfish crackers contain a dangerously high amount of weed killer.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • May 10, 2023
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