{"id":8091,"date":"2020-03-02T14:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=8091"},"modified":"2020-04-17T11:14:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T15:14:53","slug":"what-are-we-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/what-are-we-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are We Eating?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite the previous notion that McDonald\u2019s chicken nuggets are comprised of a pink slime mixture, the company put the debate to rest by supplying the public with a list of ingredients.\u00a0 While pink slime is not included in the list, there are about ten components in a McNugget, such as white boneless chicken, water, salt, safflower oil, and sodium phosphates.\u00a0 Although this fast-food item is not exactly 100% chicken, it still remains one of the top favorites among McDonald\u2019s patrons.\u00a0 Another high-ranking quick service chain, Subway, has become the topic of a similar dispute.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following a 2017 report disclosed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Subway was challenged to disprove the findings that the percentage of actual chicken meat in some of its sandwiches was 50%.\u00a0Subway considered the report to be defamatory and filed a lawsuit against the CBC in an Ontario, Canada court.\u00a0The fast-food company sought damages<\/a> in the amount of $158 million US dollars, attributing its loss of sales as a direct result of the report.\u00a0 Headquartered in Milford, CT, Subway houses more than 3,000 franchise locations in Canada.\u00a0Subway\u2019s lawsuit did not progress as initially anticipated.\u00a0 In fact, the company has to pay the defendant.<\/p>\n

Last November, the lawsuit ended, as an Ontario judge ruled in favor of the CBC\u2019s motion to dismiss the case in pre-trial.\u00a0Subway has been issued to pay<\/a> $500,000 to the CBC to cover legal costs.\u00a0 Under a legal code provision known as anti-SLAPP, the lawsuit was allowed to be dismissed due to the public interest element of the original report from the CBC, as well as the promise of free speech under the First Amendment.\u00a0 Naturally, humans may be interested to know what goes into their food products and the report did not necessarily serve as intended defamation against Subway, but rather, more as a warning to food-conscious individuals.\u00a0 Under the First Amendment, the CBC is afforded the right to broadcast known information that may affect the public.\u00a0 The CBC arguably exercised its due diligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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