“About 20 people got food poisoning due to a fake version of Ajinomoto umami seasoning.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Aug 2024.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
Ajinomoto Philippines Corporation said the Facebook posts about 20 people allegedly food poisoned by their umami seasoning are not true. The posts showed photos of a food poisoning incident in Olongapo City, Zambales on Aug. 6, which was unrelated to Ajinomoto seasoning.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 August 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 7 September 2024, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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