Harish Bharti, the Seattle lawyer who successfully sued McDonald's for using beef extract in its frenchfries and won a settlement바카라 웹사이트for 바카라 웹사이트$10 million, is now aiming his guns on another fast food giant.바카라 웹사이트In a바카라 웹사이트 proposed class-action suit, filed on April 1 in King County Superior Court in Washington state,바카라 웹사이트which was transferred to U.S. District Court in Seattle last Tuesday, Bharti claims that Pizza Hut used beefproducts in the 바카라 웹사이트"Veggie Lover's Pizza" while at the same time marketing it to the vegetariancommunity.
The lawsuit is 바카라 웹사이트filed on behalf of 15 million vegetarians and 1 million Hindus in the Unites States.바카라 웹사이트The complaint contends that Pizza Hut's vegetarian products contain beef products and that Pizza Hut has"attempted to conceal this continual use of beef products from plaintiffs and the general public throughduplicitous advertising and other means."
"Plaintiffs, who are all vegetarians for ethical, philosophical, moral and religious reasons, wereinduced to purchase and consume vegetarian pizza items sold as vegetarian products based upon false andmisleading representation," it adds.
The suit claims that Pizza Hut does not identify the amount of beef product used in its ingredient listbecause it is considered a "secret ingredient" that is the source of the flavor of Pizza Hut pizza.바카라 웹사이트
When contacted Patty Sullivan, spokeswoman for Dallas-based Pizza Hut, said : "We do not have beefproduct in our pizzas."바카라 웹사이트 With regards to the enzymes used in the pizzas she claimed that they areobtained from microbial sources, which are non-animal. She wouldn't comment beyond this because of the ongoinglitigation.
Pizza Hut is owned by a multinational corporation, Tricon Global Restaurants, and has 8,084 outlets in theUnited States. There are approximately 12,100 Pizza Hut Locations worldwide.
The Pizza Hut바카라 웹사이트lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages claiming that the company unjustly enricheditself while causing바카라 웹사이트 severe emotional 바카라 웹사이트distress including symptoms such as headaches, stomachaches,nausea, vertigo, general malaise, and feeling of guilt, shame and sin, to the plaintiffs.
The 16 million strong American vegetarian community바카라 웹사이트is increasingly asserting itself and is forcingthe food industry to accommodate its needs. After a six month long campaign by the People for the EthicalTreatment of Animals바카라 웹사이트(PETA)바카라 웹사이트last year, Burger King agreed to hold its suppliers accountable forupgraded standards of animal welfare. The company also became the first fast-food restaurant in America to adda veggie burger to all U.S. locations.
