“ProduceMaxx sprayed on organic produce at grocery stores contains pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics.”
Social media posts
an Instagram post. Claim dated 31 Mar 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The product is certified for use on organic food by an independent organic food standards group, and federal law allows its active ingredient, hypochlorous acid, to be used on food labeled organic.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 March 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 April 2024, 11 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C5L5p1cxWYZ/
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