America's largest sandwich chain can serve as fake tuna, according to laboratory analysis
The laboratory, specializing in fish tests, told the New York Times: "We can not identify the species."
There was an interesting and underway discussion onThe authenticity of the tuna of the metro Since two metro clients have filed a lawsuit against the largestfast food Chain last January. They argued that the metro "has falsely announced" his tuna as a true tuna, while alleging that the ingredient metro serves is "anything but the tuna". Now theNew York Times has completed a survey of several metro tuna samples. The verdict? A fish test laboratory says it is difficult to say.
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The metro tuna test started as a curiosity.
Saturday, Julia Carmel, the journalist who led the right inquiry published in theNew York Timessaid onTwitter: "In January, @ Chechoire thought it would be funny to test a metro tuna sandwich." It refers to his writer and formerNew York Times Sicha style sections editor, because both seemed to have struck a question worthy of the fishing around the metro tuna, while Carmel tweeted: "Nearly 6 months later, I can finally show the world of diving. 2,500 words in the world of great tuna. "
(To followEat this, not that! on Twitter.)
The methodology was complete.
It was a "deep dive" indeed, as the journalist described his method of obtaining subway tuna sandwich samples from three metro restaurants in the Los Angeles area. "It seemed logical to order only tuna on sandwiches - no extravegetables, cheese or dressing-because the laboratory is already wary of the challenges of the identification of a fish cooked at least once, mixed with Mayo, frozen and shipped across the country. "So Carmel reported" I was told that if I had packed a metro metro ziploc in a Styrofoam shipping cooler with some ice packs and sent it across the country, the laboratory could Test it. "
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After several weeks, the results were in.
Carmel indicates that within one month, the laboratory (which asked not to be named in theNew York Times The report) relayed their conclusions, as indicated in thisNew York Times Extract from the article:
"No amplifiable tuna DNA has been present in the sample and so we have achieved no DNA amplification products," read the email. "Therefore, we can not identify the species."
The laboratory spokesperson offered a little analysis. "There are two conclusions," he said. "This one, it is so transformed that everything we could go out, we could not make an identification. Or we had a little bit and there is nothing of this tuna." (The metro refused to comment on the results of the laboratory.)
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There are some warnings.
Since the January trial has been tabled, Subway has vehemence that their tuna is actually legitimate: "The metro provides a 100% tuna to its restaurants," wrote a metro spokeswoman in an email. theTimes, "which is mixed with mayonnaise and used in freshly realized sandwiches, wraps and salads served and appreciated by our guests."
To help determine whether the statement of the spokesperson could always be valid, Carmel confused some fish experts, such as Peter Horn, Director of the End of the Illegal Fishing Project to the Charity Trusts of PEW. Horncan Be hard to identify tuna. "In the defense of the metro, or many of these fishmen, the more you get the fish from the bone, the more difficult it is to recognize what this fish is," he said.
In addition, Carmel notes thatInside the edition Led a similar survey using tuna samples in the New York City area earlier this year. From this test, "the laboratory found that the specimens were tuna," writes the journalist.
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Fish experts say there is an important point for all this.
Carmel reveals that both applicants in the metro tuna fish trial have recovered slightly their claim, no longer requires knowledge if the nasty tuna is tuna, but be it "100% on the Listao caught Durably and yellow tuna ", as reported by the subway supply declaration.
Eat this, not that!Received a similar statement from the chain when commenting from: "After being presented with subway information, the applicants abandoned their initial assertion that the metro tuna product contains no tuna. However, they have filed a modified complaint that now alleges that our tuna is not 100% tuna and that it is not the skijack and yellow tuna in a sustainable way, "he read." As the initial complaint The new receivables have absolutely no merit. In fact, the amended complaint does not remedies any of the fundamental defects in the applicants' affair and it is disappointing that they have been elected to continue to continue these claims without foundation. "
Meanwhile, Peter Horn said, it's a lesson for consumers thinking about how our purchases affect the planet. "I hope I hope that a problem like this would cause more people across the country and everything in the world spends more time thinking about every stage of environmental, work and economic supply chains. Provide their food ... Because if we all want everything at rock background prices, it means something, somewhere will be exploited, whether people or the ocean, probably both. "
Updated on June 21 to include subway comments.
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