Latest Fact-Checks In Food Safety

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Social Media
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
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 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 4, 2023 a Facebook post
"Vitamins aren’t FDA approved, but Twinkies are.”
Mostly False
April 7, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 15, 2020 an image
"COVID-19 started because we eat animals."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • March 18, 2020
Dan Flynn
Dan Flynn
stated on September 13, 2016 a letter to state health officials
"Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in" Texas "in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 29, 2016
Heather Moore
Heather Moore
stated on November 17, 2015 a Providence Journal commentary
"Each vegan spares more than 100 animals every year."  
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • December 6, 2015
Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
stated on December 25, 2010 a newspaper article
The nation's food supply is "99.99 percent safe."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 19, 2011
Randy Leonard
Randy Leonard
stated on December 1, 2010 a city council meeting
Cities like Seattle have decided to ban food carts.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • December 9, 2010