Where's the Beef?!?!?
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Clara Peller would be proud!!
A group of Alabamians(?) have filed a class-action lawsuit (which was probably presented to them as a petition to lower the distance of legal marriages from 2nd cousins to 1st. HA!…just kidding — you can already marry first cousins in more than half the states!) against diarrhea-giant Taco Bell for false advertising. Taco Hell says in their ads that their food is made from ’seasoned ground beef’ that is, in fact, just 35% ground beef – the rest is chicken dick and goat parts. In Legal Eagle talk, that’s “water, wheat oats, soy lecithin, maltodrextrin, anti-dusting agent and modified corn starch.” Whoa whoa whoa — modified corn starch?! Anti-dusting agent? How long does that meat flavored crap stay IN those pans, anyway?
The meat mixture sold by Taco Bell restaurants contains binders and extenders and does not meet the minimum requirements set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be labeled as “beef,” according to the legal complaint.
Attorney Dee Miles said attorneys had Taco Bell’s “meat mixture” tested and found it contained less that 35 percent beef.The lawsuit on behalf of Taco Bell customer and California resident Amanda Obney does not seek monetary damages, but asks the court to order Taco Bell to be honest in its advertising.
Yeah, like there’s anyone outside the state of Alabama who REALLY thought that meat had meat in it?!?!?! I think its more difficult to believe they’ve been selling “food-stuffs” with 35% meat in it, for over 20 years, and no one noticed before now! Of course, like Denny’s, Taco Bell sells 90% of its food after 2am in the morning, so..amybe it is possible.