In a case that is important to those whose religious beliefs prohibit consumption of meat or pork products, a California federal district court in Amin v. Subway Restaurants, Inc., (ND CA, July 7, 2022), refused to dismiss a suit alleging that Subway's tuna sandwiches contain non-tuna products. As reported by Reuters, the suit, alleging fraud and violations of California's consumer protection statutes, contends that DNA analyses of tuna from Subway indicates it contains other fish species, chicken, pork and cattle. According to the court:
Subway argues that any non-tuna DNA discovered when testing its tuna products must come from the eggs in mayonnaise or from cross-contact with other Subway ingredients.... Although it is possible that Subway’s explanations are the correct ones, it is also possible that these allegations refer to ingredients that a reasonable consumer would not reasonably expect to find in a tuna product.
