Subway before the court for "tuna sandwiches without tuna"
A group of Americans in California filed a lawsuit against "Subway" fast food restaurants, accusing them of providing customers with sandwiches that contain tuna, but it is not.
The class-action lawsuit, which was filed last week against the Connecticut-based fast food giant, includes accusations of fraud and false advertising about the content of the tuna sandwiches.
The lawsuit indicated that the sandwiches contain "a mixture that does not depend on tuna at all, but rather is a mixture that resembles tuna in terms of shape, color and texture."
Subway denied these accusations, and told NBC News in a statement that it "serves 100 percent cooked tuna in its restaurants, which is mixed with mayonnaise and used in fresh sandwiches and wraps."
"These baseless accusations threaten to harm our franchisees and small business owners who work tirelessly to uphold the high standards that Subway sets for all of its products," said Maggie Trux, Global Public Relations Manager at Subway. Including tuna. "
"The lawsuit constitutes a reckless and indecent attack on the trademark of (Subway) and on the livelihoods of California franchisees. In fact, there is no basis in law or fact for the plaintiffs' allegations, and they are frivolous and not based on facts.
The two lawsuits, Karen Dahanwa and Nelima Amin, said that they are seeking to represent a class of Subway customers who bought the tuna sandwiches and found no trace of tuna in it as an ingredient.
The lawsuit, which was filed on January 21, indicated that "independent tests have repeatedly confirmed the validity of what was stated in them," but it does not mention where these tests were conducted, and when or by whom.
