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
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
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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