When something needs fixing
Corrections policy
Errors should be corrected clearly and in proportion to their importance. Health-related mistakes receive priority because inaccurate wording can affect real decisions.
What counts as a correction?
A correction is needed when published information is materially inaccurate, misleading, based on a source we misrepresented, or no longer reflects current guidance. Minor spelling, formatting and clarity edits do not normally require a formal correction note.
How we handle material errors
- Verify the issue against the strongest available source.
- Correct the affected wording, table, recipe note, tool explanation or claim.
- Check linked pages for the same error rather than fixing only one occurrence.
- Update the reviewed/modified date where the change is substantive.
- Add a visible correction note when a previous statement could materially have misled readers.
Urgent health corrections
Potentially harmful medical inaccuracies take priority over cosmetic or SEO work. If a claim could encourage unsafe self-treatment, medication changes, inappropriate restriction, delayed medical care or false reassurance, it should be reviewed and corrected promptly.
Changing evidence is not always an “error”
Clinical guidance evolves. When a sound statement becomes outdated because recommendations or terminology change, we update it and explain the new context where useful. That is different from silently rewriting a factual mistake.
Transparency
We do not use a corrections page to imply that the site has never made mistakes. The purpose is the opposite: to make clear that claims are revisable when better evidence or a genuine error requires it.