Subway Creates Website Dedicated To Its ‘Real’ Tuna Following Fishy Dissent
Screenshot via Subway Tuna Facts
Unhelped by its ‘Eat Fresh’ tagline, Subway’s reputation took a beating after a class-action lawsuit in January that accused the sandwich chain of serving fake tuna.
According to Insider, the complaint’s plaintiffs initially claimed the fish in Subway’s tuna sandwiches was made up of “a mixture of various concoctions,” but later amended the document to call out Subway for the type of tuna it uses.
Now, months later, the company has launched a website entirely dedicated to defending its use of fish. SubwayTunaFacts.com stresses that “Subway tuna is real tuna,” and that it uses “wild-caught skipjack tuna regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).”
The website also aims to dismiss “misinformation generated in the media,” most evidently the New York Times, which reported that no tuna DNA was detected during a test it had commissioned.
“Not true!” Subway responds. “According to scientific experts, this is not unusual when testing cooked tuna and it absolutely doesn’t mean the sample that was tested contained zero tuna.”
Subway CEO John Chidsey directed CNN to the website as he stood by the fishy ingredient during an interview. “It will take you through all the science,” he said. “You can see every bit of the story there, and I think that will obviously put the facts out there and clarify all these misconceptions.”
[via Insider, cover image via Subway Tuna Facts]
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