Subway’s tuna sandwiches and wraps have absolutely no tuna in them, according to a $5 million class action lawsuit accusing the sandwich chain of fraud among other things.
The Californians who filed the Subway class action lawsuit say “they were tricked into buying food items that wholly lacked the ingredient they reasonably thought they were purchasing.”
The lawsuit was filed after independent testing found that Subway’s tuna is a mixture of various concoctions that look similar to tuna, but in fact, is not tuna.
The actual ingredients of the concoctions were not revealed, but the plaintiffs’ lawyer hinted that it may not even be seafood that Subway is serving.
“We found that the ingredients were not tuna and not fish,” the attorney told The Washington Post.
Class Action Lawsuit: Subway’s Tuna Sandwiches Contain No Actual Tuna
The Californians are accusing Subway of breaking several laws by negligently and intentionally misrepresenting its tuna sandwich to customers.
“Defendants have no reasonable basis for labeling, advertising, marketing and packaging the Products as being or containing ‘tuna,’” the proposed class action lawsuit asserts. “As a result, consumers are consistently misled into purchasing the Products for the commonly known and/or advertised benefits and characteristics of tuna when in fact no such benefits could be had, given that the Products are in fact devoid of tuna.”
The plaintiffs are looking to represent a Class of other consumers in California who bought a tuna sandwich or wrap from Subway since 2017 thinking they were getting actual fish.
Subway is standing by its tuna sandwich asserting that its tuna is not only fish, but wild-caught fish, according to The Washington Post.
Subway’s Sandwiches Taken Apart in Legal Actions Challenging its Authenticity
This is far from the first legal action challenging Subway’s sandwiches. Just last year Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled that Subway’s bread was not actually bread. Judges found that Subway’s “bread” contained too much sugar to be legally called bread, according to NPR.
A spokesperson for the sandwich chain brushed off the ruling saying in part, “Subway’s bread is, of course, bread. We have been baking fresh bread in our restaurants for more than three decades and our guests return each day for sandwiches made on bread that smells as good as it tastes,” according to NPR.
Also in 2020, A Canadian judge authorized a class action lawsuit challenging Subway’s chicken sandwiches. This came after a 2017 CBC marketplace article that reported a DNA analysis revealed the chicken in Subway’s chicken sandwiches contained “50% of chicken DNA, the rest being made up of soy.”
The DNA analysis was reportedly performed by a researcher at a Trent University laboratory. Subway fired back with a defamation lawsuit against the CBC claiming its reporting was reckless and malicious. That part of the food fight ended with a judge ordering Subway to pay $500,000 in legal fees to CBC.
As for the proposed Subway’s tuna sandwich class action lawsuit, the plaintiff’s attorneys believe that if it’s certified, it could include thousands of California Subway consumers.
Do you eat Subway’s sandwiches or wraps? Have you tried Subway’s tuna sandwich? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below!
The plaintiffs are represented by Shalini Dogra of Dogra Law Group PC.
The Subway’s Tuna Sandwich Class Action Lawsuit is Nilima Amin, et al., v. Subway Restaurants Inc., et al., Case No. 4:21-cv-00498-DMR, in the United States District Court Northern District of California.
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1,717 thoughts onSubway’s Tuna Sandwiches Contain No Actual Tuna, Class Action Lawsuit Asserts
I used to eat Subway’s tuna sandwiches, but I don’t anymore ,because they made me feel funny. It is a shame that companies like subway go around fooling people. There’s a lot of people like me who have food allergies.I need to know the truth about what I am eating. Please add me to the lawsuit
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I always wondered why the tuna sandwich tasted funny to me. Please add me in.
I always buy the subway tuna that is my favorite also my favorite because it happens to be the Sunday discount sandwich The tuna I hate to think I wasn’t eating tuna please add me to your list I ate there sometimes twice a week because of the pandemic
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It’s so sad that I had been buying my mom and dad and myself these sandwiches thinking we were eating tuna. I can’t say it wasn’t good but I guess it’s their job to make it tasteful just to fool people ! but RIP to my dad he don’t know what he was eating, and it’s sad that they do this to make millions while the people that’s barely getting by are spending their money for a lie
I have eaten at Subway several times. I always wondered if any of the meat products were real.
I would like to be added so I can be compensated thoroughly.
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I have been trying to make healthy choices. The ads all the testimonials are false and misleading. Even Jarred the pedophile misled everyone he was more interested in getting his freak on with minors than living a healthy lifestyle.. Subway should be held accountable. Their loyal customers as myself believed the information from the company. The nutritional value and the ingredients is all fake. Come on man! Subway should be named Noway. No way is our ingredients rea! You will get diarrhea and shit stains in your shorts. If you want a laxative go to Noway the fake subway. The frozen meat delivered to all the stores.
The tuna sandwich happens to be my all time fave from Subway so I would hate to think that I have not been eating tuna all this time. Please add me to the action.