A July 16, 2023 Facebook post uses a TikTok video from a store aisle, overlaid with the message: "Lab-grown meat is cleared for sale in the United States." Another Facebook user wrote with the same clip: "magnetic lab grown meat in walmart now!"
The video shows a person sticking what appears to be a small round magnet to the outside of packaged beef products. "Lab grown meat? Magnetic meat? Welcome to walmart go try this yourself!" suggests the text in the video.
Screenshot of a Facebook post taken July 18, 2023
Screenshot of a Facebook post taken July 28
Other iterations of the claim can also be found on TikTok and Facebook.
AFP has previously debunked allegations about meat and magnetism, and lab-grown meat.
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