Articles tagged: Food Contamination 18 Total

Are Cadbury Products Contaminated with HIV?

25 February 2018 Rumors that a worker at Cadbury plant was arrested for contaminating the company's products with HIV-infected blood are a variant of an old and false rumor.

Food

Is Pepsi Contaminated with HIV?

15 July 2011 Rumors that a worker at a Pepsi or Frooti plant contaminated those beverage products by injecting HIV-infected blood into them are old and false.

Food

FBI Warning to ‘All Americans’ About Poisoned Produce

19 July 2016 An online article misleadingly suggested that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had warned Americans to be alert of grocery store produce possibly sprayed with poison.

Food

Cancer-Causing Children’s Snacks Made from Petroleum-Based Products

2 October 2016 A viral post suggests that your kid’s snacks are laced with cancer-causing petroleum products, but scientific evidence to support these claims is lacking.

Food

Maggots Found in Similac Formula Powder?

22 September 2016 Similac is investigating a Facebook user's claim she found live maggots in her infant's formula.

Food

Customer Reports Finding Rat Head in Popeyes Chicken

20 September 2016 A viral image purportedly depicts a deep-fried rat head served to a customer at a Harlem-area Popeyes Chicken outlet, but others suspect it's merely organ meat.

Food

Burger King Admits Burgers Contain Horsemeat

11 July 2016 A disreputable web site distorted a years-old story and falsely asserted that the Burger King fast food chain "admitted it has been selling burgers that contain horsemeat."

Food

Worms Supposedly Found in Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies

21 June 2016 A man claimed to have found a pantry moth in his Little Debbie snack cakes, but he has so far refused to provide a portion of the product to the company for testing.