Fact-Check: “Federal Data Reveals U.S. Foodborne Illness Cases Are Up Nearly 400%”
2 of 3 Misleading · 3 claims
Verdicts: 1 Mixed, 2 Misleading400% understates a real ~600% surge in outbreak-linked cases. The metric is wrong: total food poisoning (48M/yr) didn’t move. Policy cuts plausibly slowed response; they didn’t cause it.
