NEWS YOU CAN USE? McHaggis? Court Green Lights Lawsuit Alleging that the McRib Contains Non-Rib Meat. “Many were excited when McDonald’s recently announced, ‘The McRib is back.’ The question is whether it is really back or really a McRib. In an interesting decision out of Chicago, U.S. District Judge April Perry ruled that McDonald’s must go to trial on a class action lawsuit alleging that the popular McRib sandwich is made with non-rib meat. The lawsuit alleges that McDonald’s merely shapes the meat to look like ribs but uses shoulder, heart, tripe, or stomach — making it sound more like McHaggis. McDonald’s vehemently denies the accusation and stands by its representation that the only ingredients are ‘pork, water, salt, dextrose, and rosemary extract.’ The class action was filed under an array of tort, fraud, and misrepresentation theories. In the end, however, the impact on McDonald’s could have the same business impact that the ‘pink slime’ stories had on Taco Bell.”