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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.
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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.”
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October 2, 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.”
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By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 22, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 7, 2022 a post
Dark spots on potato chips are “infected with throat mold.”
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By Andy Nguyen • October 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2022 a Facebook reel
Consuming “rice and beans, milk, cheese, butter and eggs” causes disease by age 30.
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By Grace Abels • August 5, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 11, 2022 a post
“Million pounds of rat meat being sold as boneless chicken wings in the U.S.”
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By Monique Curet • January 19, 2022
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Viral image
stated on August 23, 2019 a Facebook post
"Popeyes manager arrested for allegedly dipping chicken in cocaine based flour to increase business sales."
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August 23, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Pepsi admitted an employee contaminated its products with AIDS.
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January 23, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 3, 2017 a web post
"Human meat found in McDonald’s meat factory"
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By Emily Tanaka • September 28, 2017
Shawn O'Connor
Shawn O'Connor
stated on April 25, 2016 a press release
"A simple review of the Backroom’s health code records will reveal that the restaurant already has a long-standing problem with rodent infestations."
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By Allie Morris • April 27, 2016
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 28, 2015 an episode of The Rush Limbaugh Show
Austin is "effectively" imposing "a ban on barbecue restaurants."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 4, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 27, 2014 a Facebook meme
"McDonald’s hamburgers are only 15 percent ‘real beef.’ The other 85 percent is meat filler cleansed with ammonia, which causes stomach and intestinal cancer."
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By Linda Qiu • September 3, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 29, 2010 postings to the Internet
New food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 1, 2010