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TheSubway tuna sagacontinues after a lab study found no evidence of tuna DNA following testing of Subway’s sandwiches and wraps.
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The lab spokesperson added: “There’s two conclusions. One, it’s so heavily processed that whatever we could pull out, we couldn’t make an identification. Or we got some and there’s just nothing there that’s tuna.”
When tuna is cooked, its DNA becomes denatured — meaning that test results could be inaccurate due to the change, theNew York Timesadded.Inside Editionsimilarly commissioned a lab study in February using the tuna from three Subway locations in Queens, New York. Their results concluded that the chain does use real tuna.
In a statement given to PEOPLE, a Subway spokesperson responded to the suit, saying: “There simply is no truth to the allegations in the complaint that was filed in California.”
According to Subway’swebsite, the tuna salad for the chain’s sandwiches is made with flaked tuna in brine, mayonnaise and an additive to “protect flavor.”
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The two plaintiffs are reportedly suing the sandwich chain for fraud, intentional misrepresentation, and unjust enrichment. The suit alleges that the plaintiffs were “tricked into buying food items that wholly lacked the ingredients they reasonably thought they were purchasing,” court documents show. Dhanowa and Amin also claim that Subway is “saving substantial sums of money in manufacturing the products because the fabricated ingredient they use in the place of tuna costs less money,” per the court documents.
Since their initial claims, the plaintiffs have changed their allegations stating their beliefs that Subway’s tuna sandwiches are not 100 percent made out of tuna.
“After being presented with information from Subway, the plaintiffs abandoned their original claim that Subway’s tuna product contains no tuna,” a spokesperson for Subway tells PEOPLE. " However, they filed an amended complaint that now alleges our tuna is not 100% tuna and that it is not sustainably caught skipjack and yellowfin tuna."
The rep adds: Just like the original claim, the new claims have absolutely no merit. In fact, the amended complaint does not remedy any of the fundamental flaws in the plaintiffs' case and it is disappointing that they have elected to continue to pursue these baseless claims.
Throughout the years, Subway has become a common target for lawsuits, thePostnoted. Back in 2013, a class-action complaint accused the chain of selling $5 foot-long sandwiches that were an inch less than the length advertised, before an appeals court later threw out a settlement in the case, describing it as “utterly worthless.”
source: people.com
