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stated on August 14, 2023 in a Reel

Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate.

Facebook posts

stated on April 25, 2023 in a post

“Goldfish crackers contain a dangerously high amount of weed killer.”

Instagram posts

stated on April 19, 2023 in an Instagram post

“1,900 food production companies have been destroyed” as part of conspiracy.

Instagram posts

stated on April 19, 2023 in an Instagram post

Bill Gates is coating your organic produce with a “dangerous chemical.”

Facebook posts

stated on April 4, 2023 in a Facebook post

"Vitamins aren’t FDA approved, but Twinkies are.”

Facebook posts

stated on January 13, 2023 in a post

“MRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply.”

Facebook posts

stated on December 11, 2022 in a TikTok shared on Facebook

The Human Meat Project is using donated bodies and organs to create “alternative meat consumption options.”

Instagram posts

stated on October 24, 2022 in a video

McDonald's uses potatoes sprayed with a highly toxic pesticide called Monitor.

Instagram posts

stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post

Proposed Senate bill would give FDA power to approve dietary supplements and “ban herbs.”

Facebook posts

stated on October 7, 2022 in a post

Dark spots on potato chips are “infected with throat mold.”

Facebook posts

stated on October 13, 2022 in a post on Facebook

If a sealed bag of raw poultry appears “puffy,” it means the protein is not safe to consume.

Facebook posts

stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook reel

Consuming “rice and beans, milk, cheese, butter and eggs” causes disease by age 30.

Facebook posts

stated on July 23, 2022 in a Facebook post

Baby carrots are soaked in bleach and can cause cancer.

Facebook posts

stated on May 11, 2022 in a post

“Don't let this formula shortage scare you!!! Make your baby some hemp milk w/sea moss. It’s easy I promise!”

Ashley Hinson

stated on March 6, 2022 in a tweet

California has instituted a "bacon ban."

NaturalNews.com

stated on December 29, 2021 in a Facebook post

"Food crops can be engineered right now based on existing technology to cause infertility in Black people alone.”

Instagram posts

stated on January 11, 2022 in a post

“Million pounds of rat meat being sold as boneless chicken wings in the U.S.”

Facebook posts

stated on December 11, 2021 in a Facebook post

“McDonald’s puts aborted baby fetuses in their food.”

Facebook posts

stated on February 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook

“If you make $50,000/year, $36 of your taxes goes to food stamps. $4,000 goes to corporate subsidies.”

Instagram posts

stated on March 15, 2020 in an image

"COVID-19 started because we eat animals."

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