New lawsuit: Subway tuna sandwiches contain DNA from chicken, pork and cattle

Subway restaurant chain is once again facing a legal battle over its famous tuna sandwich, with accusations that the ingredients have nothing to do with fish.

In the latest iteration of the lawsuit, prosecutors allege that 19 of the 20 tuna samples they tested from Subway restaurants contained not only tuna-specific DNA, but all contained other meats, including pork, beef or chicken, according to the report. The Washington Post newspaper.
The samples were tested in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California.

The lawsuit alleges Subway fraudulently deceived customers “to purchase expensive plates of food based on the claim that tuna products contain only tuna and no other fish, animal products or miscellaneous ingredients.”

Subway restaurants have previously denied any allegations that their tuna sandwiches contain any other protein.

In her own defense, she emphasized that “Subway tuna is of high quality, and is 100 percent wild-caught.”

A Subway spokesperson told Business Insider that this is the third lawsuit by the plaintiffs, and indicated that they filed after their previous lawsuit was legally rejected by a federal judge.

He continued that

“Subway’s legal team will once again file a new request to dismiss this reckless and inappropriate lawsuit, and the fact remains that Subway tuna is genuine and strictly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration in America, and other government entities around the world.”

A lawsuit filed in January by the same plaintiffs alleged that Subway mislabeled their tuna sandwiches and that they did not contain actual tuna.

After that, the American newspaper “New York Times” published a report after testing the ingredients of tuna from 3 different branches of “Subway” restaurants within America, and found that “there was no amplifiable DNA for tuna in the sample,” which was denied by the company. Subway” immediately.

In July, Subway restaurants overhauled their menu, but made no changes to their tuna sandwiches, which are one of his most popular sandwiches.

Last month, a California judge dismissed the earlier version of the lawsuit, saying the plaintiffs did not meet the legal criteria to sue the popular restaurant chain.