Alabama law firm to Taco Bell: That's not beef

[cory777]

Source: Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama law firm claims in a lawsuit that Taco Bell is using false advertising when it refers to using "seasoned ground beef" or "seasoned beef" in its products.

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.
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The class-action lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in the Central District of California by the Montgomery law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles.

Attorney Dee Miles said attorneys had Taco Bell's "meat mixture" tested and found it contained less that 35 percent beef.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41242132/

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[provis99]

1. and that "beef" is mainly organs and guts.

[patrick t. cakes]

4. and looks and smells like dog shit.

[bulloney]

38. I know a person who purchases meat for a pet food company.

She said they reject stuff that Taco Bell buys.

[BOG PERSON]

57. i also know a person who does and says the exact same thing

[wordpix]

71. I wouldn't darken these fast food giants' doors

Who knows what they use?

[whogasa736]

68. I do not care what it is called

I do not care about percentages of what the hell is in that stuff. If I had a dog I would not feed to any animal I cared about. I would be interested to find out if vultures would eat that stuff though.

[eleny]

2. ROFLMAO!

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. ohhhh barf.....

That Taco Bell I ate 6 years ago is coming back up.

On edit.....their "beef" contains wheat oats?
What the hell are wheat oats?
Maybe they meant to print "wheat, oats"..
in any case, this is actually critical, for us gluten intolerant people.

Great.unadvertised wheat and oats.

double barf.

[hlthe2b]

5. Uggh... like taking time to think about what is in

hot dogs.

[pacalo]

6. So that's why my homemade tacos didn't taste like theirs.

:wow:

[jmowreader]

34. Just add a few more bull assholes, and you'll be set.

On edit: homemade tacos not tasting like Taco Bell's could be described as a Good Thing.

[alfredo]

43. Americans have become accustomed to food like substances.

[ZombieHorde]

7. I got two bean burritos from Taco Bell last week, they were yummy. nt

[glinda]

11. That is all I order there. That and cheesy potatoes.

[The Doctor.]

15. Well, they don't mention just how much 'Brain matter' is in there.

Nor where it comes from.

I stand in solidarity with our Zombie-American allies.

[ZombieHorde]

24. We thank you for your support. nt

[Raine]

58. I like those too I also get the toastados, I'm a vegetarian

so I never get anything with "meat" in it.

[LuvNewcastle]

8. I knew something was up.

When you see big 'beef' burritos for 99 cents, you know that corners are being cut somewhere.

[Neurotica]

9. I made my kids read about this

They're big Taco Bell fans (my dear husband is the one who usually indulges their Taco Bell cravings).

Hopefully, their perceptions have been somewhat altered!

[northoftheborder]

10. Yuck. wonder how many other fast food "meat" is like this.

[The Doctor.]

16. Ever seen the movie "The Fly"...

No, just asking.

[DCKit]

12. "Needs more cowbell" nt

[The Doctor.]

17. Oddly, that's one of the ingredients.

I know... it doesn't ring true.

[James48]

13. WHERE'S THE BEEF? n/t

[progressoid]

14. Mmmmm...Soylent Taco.

[The Doctor.]

19. Winner!

Would you like Fries with that?

[progressoid]

30. Depends.

What are the fries made of?

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. I just sent the attorney an email.

Pointing out how serious undisclosed wheat and oats were to people with celiac disease and gluten
allergies, and that I hoped listing ALL ingredients would be part of any settlement.

Attorney is from Ala. He "has to" reply, it's a southern thang.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Yep, I'd be on my back with a serious crisis

:-)

There are many reasons I do not eat fast food no more.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. You know it just ain't Taco Bell, either.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Well Taco Bell is nowhere close to real mexican either

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. Got a reply from the attorney!

"Thank you for your comment. We will certainly consider that dietary concern as we pursue the lawsuit.

Thank you also for your kind and encouraging words. I hope we can make a positive impact with this case."

Boy howdy, he WILL consider the gluten issue.

He answered at 10:00 pm, my time. Impressive.

[fishwax]

32. nice!

Good job.

:thumbsup:

[dmr]

35. Excellent!

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Good, for the record in the US

they hide gluten in everything. I need to tell pharmacist to avoid it in my meds.

[formercia]

56. Not Kosher, Methinks.

Not Halal either.

everything but the squeal.

[applegrove]

23. LOL!

:rofl:

[saras]

25. Where they really come from...

Beck told us about this a long time ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-XuMvxi-vc

[DeSwiss]

26. K&R

Mmmmmm...... http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/10/chicken-nuggets-made-from-pink-goo/">

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

40. All for saving 3 cents a pound.

Yummy! Ammonia-Treated Pink Slime Now in Most U.S. Ground Beef
http://republicbroadcasting.org/?p=5954

[TommyO]

44. this is why, when I want a burger, I grind the meat myself from whole cuts

No pink slime in my burgers!

[Le Taz Hot]

66. What kind of cuts do you use?

I have a meat grinder attachment for my KitchenAid stand mixer and, after reading that the supermarket stuff uses filers as well, I'd love to know what kind of cuts are good for grinding.

Thanks in advance.
LTH

[DeSwiss]

55. It's either the pink goo or.....

...you can have "Almost Meat."


Water, isolated oat product, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder,
oats (wheat), soy lecithin, sugar, spices, maltodextrin (a polysaccharide that
is absorbed as glucose), soybean oil (anti-dusting agent), garlic powder,
autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, caramel color, cocoa powder, silicon
dioxide (anti-caking agent), natural flavors, yeast, modified corn starch,
natural smoke flavor, salt, sodium phosphate, less than 2% of beef broth,
potassium phosphate, and potassium lactate.

All that plus 36% beef. Thirty-six percent—plus all the above making up for the
other 64% of the party in your mouth. According to the USDA, they can't call
their mixture "beef" at all. Beef is defined by the USDA as "flesh of cattle",
and ground beef is defined as:

Chopped fresh and/or frozen beef with or without seasoning and without
the addition of beef fat as such, shall not contain more than 30 percent fat,
and shall not contain added water, phosphates, binders, or extenders. http://gizmodo.com/5742413/this-is-what-really-hides-in-taco-bells-beef">link

- And I don't even want to know what's in the damned sauce packets......

[dixiegrrrrl]

61. "At Taco Bell, we buy our beef from the same trusted brands you find in the supermarket,"

Nice that he warned us, eh?

[kath]

63. Ewwww - is that what they call "mechanically-separated beef" or something like that?

[davidinalameda]

27. I like taco bell too

:shrug:

I'll eat more at Subway then

[Rex]

28. Good food for a colon cleaning.

At least it was for me when I ate their 20 years ago.

[DAMANgoldberg]

29. OT

Wendy's is really 80% lean beef. I know where it comes from on both a company side and in distribution/trucking. But you get what you pay for.

[Bombero1956]

33. could they test McDonald's beef?

I had a burger last night and later I had an intense urge to hitch myself to a wagon and pull a tourist around Central Park.

[jmowreader]

62. It's beef

In the 1970s the McDonalds Company had a big ad campaign about how their hamburgers contained sirloin, t-bone, and other ultra prime cuts of beef. The reality is, McDonalds buys whole cattle, knocks 'em over the head, removes the bones, skin and viscera, then feeds the rest of the carcass into the meat grinder.

Can you imagine the uproar if they were serving horse?

[hack89]

36. How much Chihuahua? nt

[Evasporque]

37. McDOnalds and Taco Bell - effective laxitives....nt

[ellie]

39. I knew it!

That can't be real meat. Gross.

[Kali]

41. false advertising for sure

but all the meat haters should be happy - it's mostly TVP:rofl:

[LiberalEsto]

45. Lawsuit Claims Taco Bell Not Using Real Beef

Source: AP and Fox News Latino

Where’s the beef? Apparently not in Taco Bell beef chimichangas, according to a recent lawsuit.

A group of attorneys in California claim the “¡Yo Quiero Taco Bell!” chain is using false advertising when it says it uses “seasoned beef” in its food. The lawsuit says they had Taco Bell's meat mixture tested and it contained less than 35 percent beef.

“Rather than beef, these food items are actually made with a substance known as “taco meat filling”… (which) mostly consists of “extenders” and other non-meat substances,” says the class-action lawsuit, filed last Friday in the Central District of California. “Taco meat filling is not beef.”

When customers bite into a crunchy beef taco, they are actually munching on water, wheat oats, soy lecithin, maltodrextrin, anti-dusting agent and modified corn starch, the lawsuit claims.





Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/201

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We always used to joke around that they used burro meat in their tacos. Now I wonder what's in that "anti-dusting agent." Burro? Chihuahua?

[HopeHoops]

46. Who the hell ever thought it WAS beef? Rodent pulp, maybe, but beef?

:rofl:

[keopeli]

47. Dupe, and a fox link

This story was posted yesterday. Personally, I don't post links to fox. The risk of at least a portion of the post being untrue or misleading is excessively high.

[thelordofhell]

All I know is that Taco Bell food makes me run for the toilet

:hurts:

[Renew Deal]

49. That could be a problem.

They use something resembling groud beef in their tacos. If it really don't meet the definition of "beef", it should be relabeled.

[yourout]

50. As long as it isn't soylent green.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sp-VFBbjpE>

[LiberalEsto]

48. Lawsuit Claims Taco Bell Not Using Real Beef

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[VWolf]

51. VWolf to Alabama law firm:

No DUH !!!!

[Jokinomx]

52. I quit eating their so called "Mexican" food years ago.....

once you actually taste authentic Mexican food you can't go back.

If your area has an El Rancho restaurant...try them they are my favorite besides homemade.

peace

[yellowcanine]

53. 'Taco Bell's "meat mixture" ... contained less that 35 percent beef." I am SHOCKED!

"Attorney Dee Miles said attorneys had Taco Bell's "meat mixture" tested and found it contained less that 35 percent beef."

"The lawsuit says that Taco Bell's "seasoned beef" contains other ingredients, including water, wheat oats, soy lecithin, maltodrextrin, anti-dusting agent and modified corn starch."


"anti-dusting agent"?????

[yellowcanine]

54. So if the tacos were 36% meat they could legally call it "beef"?

Somehow that is not very comforting either.

'Taco Bell's "meat mixture" tested and found it contained ...less that 35 percent beef.'

[TK421]

59. The scary thing is..who DIDN'T know this already?

[The Backlash Cometh]

60. Is this just in Alabama?

[jmm]

64. Everyday The Onion is becoming more and more real...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiotAmk7_IQ

[Kablooie]

65. But I *like* Taco Bell tacos. What am I to do?

[formercia]

67. Just remember: It's only 35% bovine assholes, vaginas and peckers.

At least they cut you a little slack.

[wordpix]

72. go to the grocery store, buy 100% ground beef or bison, buy cheese, taco shells,

salsa,lettuce, beans, onions, avocados... Go home, shred lettuce and cheese, cook meat and beans, fill taco shells with whatever ingredients you bought or grew,

and enjoy :)

[sarcasmo]

69. Thanks a lot, Man. I was going to get two five layer burritos for lunch.

What % of their beans are actually beans?

[formercia]

70. The fart part

..no telling what the rest is.