Street Food Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-23 · 5 entries checked · 3 flagged · 5 issues confirmed · 3 corrected · 2 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Street food — The claim that street food vendors in New York City were completely banned by 1707 is not supported by established historical canon; while restrictions existed, a complete ban by that date is not a widely recognized fact.

Arepa — The claim that the arepa has 'limited presence in Panama, but not traditionally in Bolivia, Ecuador, or Central America' is inaccurate because arepas are traditional in Panama and are known in parts of Ecuador and Bolivia.

Arepa — The claim that the earliest record of arepas is 'about 3,000 years ago in Colombia; about 2,800 years ago in Venezuela' is misleading because the specific dates and locations are not precisely established as the earliest records for arepas themselves.

Empanada — The entry states 'earliest documented references date to the 13th century' and cites the Cantigas de Santa Maria (c. 1282) as the first mention, but Jewish sources from as early as 1250 mention 'panada', creating a contradiction about which is the earliest doc

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