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Subway Announces Intent to Sue Broadcast Network Over Chicken Story

Subway has issued a notice of action in Canada against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) following a February broadcast of the network’s “Marketplace” program that claimed DNA testing of the chain’s sandwiches showed its chicken was half processed soy. The sandwich chain is reportedly asking for $210 million in damages for defamation. According to the Toronto Star, Subway asked the CBC to retract the story but decided to file suit after the network refused. Additional details about a U.S. projected class action filed against Subway after the CBC report appear in Issue 627 of this Update. See Fortune, March 17, 2017,

 

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