Corrections Policy

The Foods That Shaped Us is committed to accuracy, transparency, and accountability in our food history editorial content. If you identify a factual error, an incorrect timeline event, a broken citation, or a misleading image, we want to hear from you.

Our Commitment to Factual Integrity

Food history is a living discipline. New archaeological excavations, archaeobotanical genome sequencing, and archival translations continuously refine our understanding of agricultural domestication, migration routes, and trade flows. We proactively update our articles to reflect the latest consensus in peer-reviewed scholarship.

How to Submit a Correction

To submit a correction, please email us at hello@thefoodthatshapedus.com with the following details:

• The title or URL of the article.
• The specific claim, date, or image you believe is incorrect.
• Authoritative sources (such as academic journals, books, or archaeological records) that support the corrected claim.

Our Review and Verification Process

When a correction submission is received, our editorial team follows a strict review protocol:

1. Verification: We audit the submission against our established Source & Citation Policy. Primary sources (peer-reviewed papers, genetic data) take precedence over general encyclopedias or popular articles.
2. Review: Our chief editor, Mehdi Iarab, reviews the claim with the relevant peer reviewers (Ahmed Baakli or Amine Naini) to assess the context.
3. Update: If an error is verified, we update the article immediately. The "Updated" date on the article page is modified to signal the date of the revision.

Transparency and Audit Trails

Minor typo corrections or formatting edits do not warrant a separate editorial note. However, if a major historical claim, date, or origin narrative is substantially modified, we document the correction in our article footnotes or within our dynamic Evidence Explorer logs. This ensures a transparent audit trail for our readers.