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Latest Fact-Checks In Food

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Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2018 in a commentary on the Fox News website:
Says Facebook shut down a “Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day.”
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2018
Uncle Sam's Misguided Children
stated on March 23, 2018 in a headline:
Says U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis “voted in favor of food stamps for illegal immigrants.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2018
Breitbart
stated on February 7, 2018 in a headline:
“Food stamp enrollment drops by four million in one month.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2018
Trey Blocker
stated on January 24, 2018 in a commentary in the Odessa American:
Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2018
Musclecarusa.info
stated on December 18, 2017 in a headline:
“World’s most popular candy to be removed from shelves by December 2017.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • January 2, 2018
Bloggers
stated on August 3, 2017 in a web post:
“Human meat found in McDonald’s meat factory”
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Tanaka • September 28, 2017
Bloggers
stated on June 28, 2017 in a blog post:
“Over $13 million worth of crops have ROTTED in California, all because no one is willing to work jobs vacated by migrants.”
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 24, 2017
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2017 in a White House briefing:
France “wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power.”
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2017
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 5, 2017 in a meeting with nonprofit leaders:
For 22 percent of N.H. Meals on Wheels recipients, the delivery driver is “the only human contact in their life from week to week.”
True
By Nick Reid • June 9, 2017
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 in a town hall:
“If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years.”  
False
By Grace Hase • May 23, 2017
Starbucks
stated on May 4, 2017 in a Senate hearing:
“Coffee is the second-most traded commodity after oil.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 8, 2017
Sonny Perdue
stated on May 1, 2017 in a policy announcement event.:
Easing school lunch regulations “is not reducing the nutritional standards whatsoever.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 4, 2017
Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 in a press conference:
“Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050.”
Mostly True
By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017
Ax The Bev Tax
stated on March 22, 2017 in In a tweet:
“We offer a tremendous amount of low calorie, no calorie options, like waters, unsweetened products, low calorie diet items. All of which unfortunately are taxed by this tax.”
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Dent • March 24, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 16, 2017 in a press conference:
“There’s no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school.”  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
Shenggen Fan
stated on March 2, 2017 in a panel discussion in Washington, D.C.:
Every dollar of foreign aid for agricultural research “will bring $4 in trade with the countries and the United States … generating employment back in the U.S.”  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 3, 2017
World Food Program
stated on February 5, 2017 in a tweet:
“Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor” of greenhouse gas emissions.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2017
John Patrick
stated on January 12, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference:
“If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps.”
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2017
Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 in a tweet:
“Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid.”
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 12, 2017 in a news release:
Imitation dairy products often differ nutritionally from those they mimic, and labeling them “milk” or “cheese” or “yogurt” is “against the law.”
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2017
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