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Latest Fact-Checks In Food Safety

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stated on July 15, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says the FDA will now require sealed ice cream cartons in response to the Blue Bell ice cream licker, thus driving up the cost for consumers.
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 17, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2019 a Facebook post:
Pepsi admitted an employee contaminated its products with AIDS.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • January 23, 2019
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Viral image
stated on January 10, 2019 a meme:
"Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 3, 2017 a web post:
"Human meat found in McDonald’s meat factory"
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Tanaka • September 28, 2017
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
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on June 29, 2016 a podcast.:
"A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding what’s going to be in your local salad bar."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 2, 2016
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Allie Morris • April 27, 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
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."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 4, 2015
Centers for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control
stated on July 16, 2015 radio interview:
Caution: Kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • August 4, 2015
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on July 19, 2015 a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
"With the exception of baby formula, the federal government does not require any food to carry an expiration date, and state laws vary widely."
True
By Will Cabaniss • July 27, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media:
Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015
Allen West
Allen West
stated on March 19, 2015 a post on his website:
"EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview on MSNBC:
"Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 17, 2015
Mother Jones
Mother Jones
stated on November 24, 2014 a Facebook post:
"Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2014 posts on Facebook:
"Fox admits they lie" and, under the First Amendment, "have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves."  
False
By Linda Qiu • September 10, 2014
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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."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • September 3, 2014
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on October 9, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
"Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2013
Jeff Wagner
Jeff Wagner
stated on May 8, 2013 a radio show:
"The State of Wisconsin thinks you should have to" wash your hands "at least 28 times to make one peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 16, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2013 a Facebook post:
A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 5, 2013
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