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  • Fact Check: Aldi Grocery Stores Do NOT Sell Lab-Grown Meat

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    Is lab-grown meat being sold in Aldi stores as of April 2024? No, that's not true: Aldi told Lead Stories that the grocery store chain does not sell cultivated meat products. Cultivated meat products are deemed safe for consumption by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The government agency also told Lead Stories that only two…

    • Apr 3, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Aldi Grocery Stores Do NOT Sell Lab-Grown Meat Not In Stores
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Lab-Grown Meat Moving Autonomously

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    Does a video shared on X document lab-grown meat moving autonomously? No, that's not true: The video in question was made by a content creator who produces videos containing sculptures of food items that move as if they are alive. Lab-grown meat is not created in a way that would allow it to move autonomously. Sarcastic captions on the video…

    • Nov 27, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Lab-Grown Meat Moving Autonomously Artistic Video
  • Fact Check: 'Good Harvest' Does NOT Produce 'Human Steak' -- That Company Doesn't Exist And There's No Human Steak Factory

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    Is there a "Good Harvest" company that produces "human steak" for human consumption? No, that's not true: Good Harvest and its "human steak" is an invention of the creators of a spoof documentary. The mockumentary is meant as a satirical commentary on the rising cost of living in Britain. The program's host subsequently wrote, "The whole thing was made up."…

    • Aug 2, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: 'Good Harvest' Does NOT Produce 'Human Steak' -- That Company Doesn't Exist And There's No Human Steak Factory Spoof Doc Clip
  • Fact Check: 'Lab Grown' Chicken Approved By Regulators Is NOT 'Grown From Human Cells'

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    Is "lab grown" chicken that was approved by U.S. regulators "grown from human cells"? No, that's not true: Neither of the companies that received regulatory approval to sell cell-cultivated meat in the U.S. use human cells in their products. Additionally, Lead Stories did not find evidence that human cells were used to test the safety of the cell-cultivated chicken products.…

    • Aug 1, 2023
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: 'Lab Grown' Chicken Approved By Regulators Is NOT 'Grown From Human Cells' Chicken Cells
  • Fact Check: Washington Post Did NOT Report Bill Gates Was 'Being Held' On Charges Of 'War Crimes Against Humanity'

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    Did The Washington Post report that Bill Gates was "being held under armed watch at Guantanamo Bay" after having been "charged with war crimes against humanity"? No, that's not true: A search through the newspaper's digital database returned no such results, and no credible news publication or official government statement describing such an event was publicly available as of July…

    • Jul 17, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Washington Post Did NOT Report Bill Gates Was 'Being Held' On Charges Of 'War Crimes Against Humanity' Uncorroborated
  • Fact Check: US Government Does NOT Approve Sale Of 'Lab-Grown' Meat 'Without Any Labeling' -- Labels Will Say 'Cell-Cultivated'

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    Did the U.S. government approve the sale of "lab-grown" meat "without any labeling"? No, that's not true: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on June 14, 2023, that it gave label approval to GOOD Meat and UPSIDE Foods; companies that produce chicken in a laboratory "grown directly from real animal cells." Their labels will say "cell-cultivated chicken." The claim…

    • Jul 12, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: US Government Does NOT Approve Sale Of 'Lab-Grown' Meat 'Without Any Labeling' -- Labels Will Say 'Cell-Cultivated' Label Required
  • Fact Check: Lab-Grown Meat Is NOT Cultivated From Cancerous Or Pre-Cancerous Animal Cells

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    Is lab-grown meat cultivated using cancerous or pre-cancerous animal cells? No, that's not true: Cell-cultured meat is cultivated using animal cells that have been modified to replicate indefinitely. Cell-cultured or lab-grown meat is regulated in the U.S. under the same stipulations as conventionally grown and slaughtered meat, poultry, and seafood. Furthermore, regulatory agencies do not allow for cancerous animal meat…

    • Jul 3, 2023
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Lab-Grown Meat Is NOT Cultivated From Cancerous Or Pre-Cancerous Animal Cells Safe To Eat
  • Fact Check: Report Does NOT Prove 'Bill Gates' Lab-Grown Meat Causes Cancer In Humans'

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    Does a report assessing the safety of a plant-based meat product made by a company in which Bill Gates has invested prove that meat grown in a laboratory causes cancer in humans? No, that's not true: Since the report doesn't even consider lab-grown meat, it can't prove it's carcinogenic when eaten by people because the two products are not the…

    • Feb 23, 2023
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Report Does NOT Prove 'Bill Gates' Lab-Grown Meat Causes Cancer In Humans' Fact Check: Report Does NOT Prove 'Bill Gates' Lab-Grown Meat Causes Cancer In Humans' Not Lab-Grown
  • Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Own Dutch Facility That Burned -- And There Was NO Production Of 'Synthetic Meat' There

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    Did a fire burn down a Bill Gates-owned factory in the Netherlands that produced synthetic meat? No, that's not true: The fire took place at a distribution center owned by the Dutch grocery-delivery company, Picnic. A company representative told Lead Stories the claim is false. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust invested in Picnic in 2021, but it has…

    • Jul 14, 2022
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Bill Gates Did NOT Own Dutch Facility That Burned -- And There Was NO Production Of 'Synthetic Meat' There Not A Factory
  • Fact Check: Oregon Measure Would NOT Ban Animal Meat, NOT Mandate 'Petri Dish' Meat -- But Beef Would Have To Die Of Old Age

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    Would a ballot initiative proposed in Oregon ban all animal meat and replace it with "'synthetic meat'" and "lab 'plant based protein'" that are "lab grown Petri dish vats of cells"? No, that's not true: Animal meat alternatives -- which are plant-based, not cell-based -- would not replace animal meat if Oregon voters adopted Initiative Petition 13. The proposed IP13…

    • Oct 8, 2021
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Oregon Measure Would NOT Ban Animal Meat, NOT Mandate 'Petri Dish' Meat -- But Beef Would Have To Die Of Old Age Meat Safe
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