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Panda Express lab tests and lawsuits
By Rashad Bayram · Published · Last updated
Low glyphosate; arsenic flagged in a meal in the 2023 heavy-metal test.
- Lab findings
- 2
- Cases
- 0
- Open
- 0
- Viral claims checked
- 0
Lab findings
| Tested | Who tested | Item | Substance | Result | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2023 | Moms Across AmericaAdvocacy test | Meal | Glyphosate | 4.75 ppbAdvocacy group test of 42 samples from 21 chains, run by Health Research Institute. Not peer-reviewed; 1 to 3 samples per chain. For scale, US legal limits for glyphosate on grains are in parts per million, e.g. 30 ppm (30,000 ppb) for oats and wheat. | [37] |
| Oct 2023 | Moms Across AmericaAdvocacy test | Orange chicken and white rice | Heavy metals | Arsenic 362% over the EPA drinking-water limitReported only as a percentage over the EPA limit for drinking water, not a food limit, so it overstates the comparison. Raw concentrations were not published in the sources we could access. | [64] |
Lawsuits and enforcement
No contaminant lawsuits against Panda Express found in court records or major outlets as of 29 Oct 2026.
Lawsuit claims are allegations until a court rules. Advocacy-group tests are reported as published, with their limits. General information, not legal or medical advice.
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