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Latest Fact-Checks In Food Safety

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Scott Henson
Scott Henson
stated on February 25, 2013 an interview.:
Says Texas has "11 different felonies you can commit with an oyster."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 27, 2013
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on March 14, 2013 a letter:
"[A] 2009 USDA study found that 87 percent of chicken carcasses tested positive for generic E. coli ... just prior to packaging."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 27, 2013
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on February 19, 2013 a Tweet:
"Kewpie burgers are delicious. An Ohio institution. And they'll cost less thanks to John Kasich's tax cut."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 22, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 19, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"No one in Rhode Island -- not just children, no one in Rhode Island -- should eat more than one serving of freshwater fish caught in our state each month."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2012
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on April 4, 2012 a press conference:
"Lean, finely textured beef is the proper name [not pink slime], and it is a safe, widely used product."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 10, 2012
James Florio
James Florio
stated on December 14, 2011 a guest column in The Star-Ledger:
"Many types of fish and shellfish from waters across the state are labeled unsafe to eat." 
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • January 20, 2012
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on February 26, 2011 an oped column.:
Texans eat more catfish than residents of all other states combined.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 11, 2011:
The federal government regulates the holes in Swiss cheese.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2011
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
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 10, 2010 a news release:
"We are giving almost $2 billion of taxpayer money to the junk food and fast food industries every year to make the (childhood obesity) epidemic worse."
False
By Tom Feran • December 6, 2010
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 29, 2010 postings to the Internet:
New food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 1, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 Rick Perry's book, "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
Says the federal government restricts "how much salt we can put on our food."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 6, 2010
Ted Ankrum
Ted Ankrum
stated on August 31, 2010 an e-mail blast.:
"More people were killed in the United States last year by tainted food than U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the wars began."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 22, 2010
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver
stated on August 29, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
McDonald's in England only sells organic milk and free-range eggs, which provides more nutritious offerings than in the U.S.
Half-True
By Robert Farley • August 31, 2010
Kevin Levitas
Kevin Levitas
stated on May 25, 2010 a press releaase:
"Georgia has a well-deserved reputation for setting the gold standard for food safety."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 13, 2010
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