Social media posts are claiming there’s one thing horrible floating in bottles of three widespread tequila manufacturers.
“Alcohol recall!!!!! Fecal matter present in Patron, Don Julio and Pink Whitney!!” a Sept. 10 Fb publish stated.
The Fb publish was flagged as a part of Meta’s efforts to fight false information and misinformation on its Information Feed. (Learn extra about our partnership with Meta, which owns Fb, Instagram and Threads.)
We discovered a number of social media posts making the identical declare on Fb, Threads, TikTok and X.
However not one of the posts present proof that any of the merchandise had been recalled.
(Fb screenshot)
We discovered no information reviews or recall bulletins in Google Information and the Nexis information database. We checked the web sites and social media accounts for Patron, Don Julio and Pink Whitney and located nothing a few product recall.
We additionally checked web sites of the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Commerce Merchandise and located no alerts or bulletins that any of those merchandise had been recalled.Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
An organization that gives public relations for Diageo, Don Julio’s mother or father firm, advised PolitiFact the declare is fake and there are not any remembers for any Don Julio tequila merchandise.
It famous that an individual who made an preliminary declare on social media has since shared a TikTok publish saying it wasn’t true.
That TikTok consumer posted a video a few Don Julio recall, garnering 18,000 likes. After looking on Google and seeing her unique video amongst prime search outcomes, she posted a follow-up video, saying “Child, I’m not a reputable supply. Child, I’m not dependable.”
We contacted Patron and Pink Whitney however obtained no speedy response.
A Fb publish’s declare that Patron, Don Julio and Pink Whitney tequila merchandise had been recalled attributable to containing fecal matter lacks proof. We fee the declare False.
PolitiFact Researcher Caryn Baird contributed to this fact-check.
