A federal class-action lawsuit accused McDonald’s of misleading consumers by marketing its popular McRib sandwich as if it consists of actual pork rib meat – when the plaintiffs alleged it doesn’t contain any.
The lawsuit, which was filed Dec. 23 in the Northern District of Illinois, was brought by four individuals who claimed the Chicago-based fast food giant deceives reasonable consumers who would “reasonably believe that a product named the ‘McRib’ will include at least some meaningful quantity of actual pork rib meat.”
However, the plaintiffs alleged the sandwich is actually constructed using ground-up portions of lower-grade pork products such as pork shoulder, heart and scalded stomach…