Lunch!
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There’s something suspicious going on at Subway, claims a new lawsuit. Or rather, there is something that is not very suspicious enough. According to the plaintiffs, there is no tuna in the tuna sandwich, which is, as the name suggests, a sandwich made from tuna.
Subway’s menu is very explicit about what should be on the sandwich: “flaked tuna mixed with creamy mayonnaise and topped with your choice of fresh and crispy vegetables”. But Washington Post reports, a recent California lawsuit states that, in fact, “the ingredient advertised as ‘tuna’ for the network’s sandwiches and wraps contains absolutely no tuna.” In fact, according to the process, it is “made of anything but tuna”, based on independent laboratory tests that revealed that the so-called tuna is “a mixture of various mixtures that do not constitute tuna, but have been mixed by defendants to imitate the appearance of tuna. ”A plaintiffs’ lawyer, however, refused to specify what is, just what is not, which, again, is tuna.
The plaintiffs – two so far, although their lawyers hope to get the complaint certified as a class action, potentially opening it to thousands more – are suing the sandwich company for “fraud, intentional misrepresentation, unjust enrichment and other federal and state laws. , “The Post explains. They were not only “tricked” into eating something other than tuna, but also to overpay for it, since, the process says, “the manufactured ingredient they use in place of tuna costs less.”
Subway, for its part, disputes these allegations. Tuna, they say, is definitely tuna. And mayonnaise.