A video is being shared on social media
platforms with the claim that human meat was
found inside the McDonald’s meat factory
in Oklahoma City. The post claims that
authorities found human meat inside 90% of
McDonald’s meat factories and horse meat
inside 65% of McDonald’s meat factories
in the USA. An internet search with the
keywords, ‘Human meat found in McDonald’s
meat factory’ led us to an article
published by the Independent on 9 October
2014. This article says that reports of
human meat being found inside a McDonald’s
meat factory are false. It also says that
an article created on a fake news website
called Huzlers was being spread to mislead
people. Sharing the same information, a US-based
fact-checking website called Snopes
published a fact-check on 7 April 2014. Huzlers
is a website that allows users to create
a news prank and trick their friends by sharing
it. The ‘About’ section of the Huzlers
website clarifies that it is a satirical website
meant for fictional entertainment. In 2014,
when articles created on Huzlers and Daily
Buzz Live about human meat being found in
a McDonald’s meat factory went viral and
a few recognised websites also published the
same without fact-checking, McDonald’s clarified that
they do not use human meat in
their burgers. They said that they only use
100% pure Halal beef and chicken in their
burgers. As a video created on a prank website
has been circulated with a claim that
human meat was found in a McDonald’s meat
factory, this post is fake.
