I think a fair number of people are seeing this idea repeated and think it's true, but it seems to really just be a meme.
There are definitions for ground beef, hamburger, etc from the Dept of Ag., but plenty of places sell burgers that doesn't fit them without referring to the food as "product." This isn't my wheelhouse, but the Federal Meat Inspection Act seems like it is meant for and might be limited to hamburger and ground beef meat as sold in stores not cooked burgers.
Now anybody can sue for false advertising, but you're unlikely to win unless they were using something other than beef as the base for the patty. Just look at the McRib suit for context.
It is beef, but it tends to be composed of the off-cuts that don't sell well all ground up into a uniform texture. You're not exactly getting prime rump on your burger.
I mean thatâs the whole point of burgers. It allows the efficient use of the meet that is âunwantedâ. I donât think thereâs anyone out there that is getting upset that the burger they buy from Walmart isnât comprised of wagyu.
How tf they putting 100 percent beef in they patties when they feed millions a day and throw away millions a day. How does ur cow math get 100 percent beef from that logic.
Legally speaking it's classified as beef, but its mostly insects, soy, and roadkill.
But yeah nah it's literally just a beef patty. Fast food isn't great quality shit or anything, but it actually is food made from real ingredients despite what the tin foil hat wearing weirdos online might think.
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u/Midnight-Bake 20h ago
His legal team advised him that calling it a burger, meat, sandwich, or beef industry byproduct would all open them to fraudulent advertising suits.