Subway to sue CBC for $210 million over chicken findings

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Subway to sue CBC for $210 million over chicken findings
Hamilton Spectator
By Azzura Lalani

Subway says it plans to sue the CBC over a Marketplace story claiming about half of the chicken in the popular restaurant chain's chicken sandwiches is soy filler.

"We have issued a notice of action in Canada against the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that asks for $210 million in damages over allegations made by its program, Marketplace, that are defamatory and absolutely false," said Subway.

"Despite our efforts to share the facts with the CBC about the high quality of our chicken and to express our strong objections to their inaccurate claims, they have not issued a retraction, as we requested. Serving high-quality food to our customers is our top priority, and we are committed to seeing that this factually incorrect report is corrected."

CBC confirmed receiving the notice of action, but said it has not been served with a statement of claim.

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