33 verified laws filed under Food & Drink, each checked against the statute and sourced.
A claim circulates that Montenegro bans the sale of energy drinks to anyone under 16, with sellers facing up to 3 months in jail. No primary legal source, official statute, or credible secondary source has been found to confirm this law exists.
Seoul has a real ordinance restricting certain food and drinks on city buses since 2018, but there is no law whatsoever banning eating on Seoul's subways. The claimed ₩100,000 fine does not exist for this offense.
The claim that South Korean law mandates employers provide employees with free ginseng supplements during winter months to boost immunity is false. No such statute exists in South Korean labor or employment law.
Dutch law prohibits selling any alcohol — beer, wine, or spirits — to anyone under 18. The fine for sellers is €1,360, not €100,000, and there is no longer a lower age tier for beer and wine.
Japan does require product-specific permits for vending machines selling alcohol, tobacco, milk, and cooked food, and machines universally display operator contact information. However, the claim that ALL vending machines must be 'registered with the local government' is incorrect — most common machines (sealed non-alcoholic drinks, frozen food, dry goods) require zero government registration.
A widely circulated claim states that Ethiopia makes it illegal to dispose of chewing gum in public trash cans, with fines up to 500 Ethiopian Birr. Exhaustive research finds no such law exists anywhere in Ethiopian federal or municipal legislation.
Since July 8, 2021, it is illegal to sell energy drinks to anyone under 18 years of age in all retail locations across Belarus. Violators face administrative fines of up to 10 base units for a first offense.
Brunei does not ban pork sales outright, but strictly regulates them: pork and pork products may only be sold through licensed, non-Muslim-operated businesses with mandatory separation of storage and premises from halal food operations. Selling pork in any establishment holding a halal certificate — or without proper licensing — is a criminal offence.
The claim that Ecuador bans or restricts the sale and consumption of guinea pig (cuy) without a special permit is false. Cuy is in fact one of Ecuador's most celebrated national dishes, freely sold in markets, restaurants, and supermarkets — especially in the Andean highlands.
Lithuania has some of the EU's strictest alcohol laws — including a near-total advertising ban and a drinking age of 20 — but the specific claims of a 100-meter school sales exclusion zone and mandatory non-transparent supermarket barriers are not confirmed by the primary legislation.
Hungary does prohibit alcohol sales within 200 meters of schools and other educational institutions, but the law carries significant exemptions: restaurants serving hot food are exempt, and local notaries may grant after-hours permission for alcohol service once the institution is closed.
It is widely claimed online that Vietnam bans the import and sale of chewing gum, similar to Singapore's famous 1992 ban. This is false — Vietnam has no such law and operates a thriving, legal chewing gum market.