“Vitamins aren’t FDA approved, but Twinkies are.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 4 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has no role in approving food products before they hit store shelves, though it can approve food and color additives before they are used in food.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 April 2023, 10 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/YE1ky
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