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Lawsuit claims Burger King's Impossible Whoppers are contaminated by meat
Burger King was sued on Monday by a vegan customer who accused the fast-food chain of contaminating its meatless "Impossible" Whoppers by cooking them on the same grills as its traditional meat burgers.
In a proposed class action, Phillip Williams said he bought an Impossible Whopper, a plant-based alternative to Burger King's regular Whopper, at an Atlanta drive-through, and would not have paid a premium price had he known the cooking would leave it "coated in meat by-products."
The lawsuit filed in Miami federal court seeks damages for all U.S. purchasers of the Impossible Whopper, and an injunction requiring Burger King to "plainly disclose" that Impossible Whoppers and regular burgers are cooked on the same grills.
[...] Its website describes the Impossible Burger as "100% Whopper, 0% Beef," and adds that "for guests looking for a meat-free option, a non-broiler method of preparation is available upon request."
Also at Boing Boing.
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Plant-Based "Impossible Burger" Coming to Every Burger King Location
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @03:13AM (1 child)
WTF?! That is EXACTLY what Vegan means. It means no bones, no fur, no meat, no bonemeal, no milk, no eggs, no fish meat, no fish scales, no insects, no Red 4 / E120 (it's made of insect shell), etc.
That is LITERALLY the definition of Vegan. Dust in the air which might be off of skin from an animal (eg. a human) doesn't qualify, but literally if I cut a steak with a knife and then cut a cabbage with it, that cabbage cannot be used in vegan food.
When I have bbqs at work, if afterwards I said "we cooked the veggie burgers on the meat grill" (or worse yet in the meat juices!), I'd probably get fired.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @12:11PM
Just as there is an acceptable amount of lead and arsenic in food and drink, there is an acceptable amount of animal bits.
https://www.livescience.com/55459-fda-acceptable-food-defects.html [livescience.com]