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TSR Foodies: Burger King Sued By Vegans For Grilling Meatless Burgers On The Same Grill As Beef Burgers

<p>Roommates&comma; looks like Burger King is going to be headed to court after a group of vegans couldn&&num;8217&semi;t have it their way&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2019&sol;11&sol;18&sol;burger-king-sued-by-vegans-impossible-burger-contamination&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a>&comma; a man named Phillip Williams has just filed a class-action lawsuit&comma; claiming Burger King has falsely advertised its Impossible Whopper&period; According to the lawsuit&comma; the burger cannot truly be considered vegan because it&&num;8217&semi;s cooked on the same grill as meat burgers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Williams says his burger was &&num;8220&semi;contaminated&&num;8221&semi; by meat products at a Burger King in Atlanta&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The lawsuit says Burger King does not notify customers that the burgers are cooked in a way that would result in meat by-products being on the burger&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Williams is not only requesting damages in the suit&comma; he also wants the judge to order Burger King to stop cooking Impossible Whoppers and the original burgers on the same grill&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsr-foodies-burger-king-announces-the-release-of-its-first-plant-based-burger-impossible-whopper&sol;">we previously reported<&sol;a>&comma; BK announced the released of it&&num;8217&semi;s first plant-based burger back in April&comma; shortly after a testing period&period; The Burger&comma; which uses a plant-based patty from Impossible Foods&comma; was tested in St&period; Louis and reportedly exceeded the company&&num;8217&semi;s expectations in taste&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The Impossible Whopper is designed to give somebody who wants to eat a burger every day&comma; but doesn&&num;8217&semi;t necessarily want to eat beef everyday&comma; permission to come into the restaurants more frequently&comma;&&num;8221&semi; President of Burger King North America&comma; Chris Finasso said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The restaurant&&num;8217&semi;s goal is reportedly to give people more of an opportunity to have a more balanced diet if they so choose&period; Impossible Foods hopes that plant-based foods begins to have a lasting impact world-wife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It seems like the world is coming around&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Impossible Foods CEO said&period; &&num;8220&semi;They are seeing that plant-based meats can be delicious and recognizing this in the face os catastrophic effects of animal farming&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Have y&&num;8217&semi;all tried the plant-based burger yet&comma; Roomies&quest; Let us know in the comments&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"54612" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsr-foodies-burger-king-sued-by-vegans-for-grilling-meatless-burgers-on-the-same-grill-as-beef-burgers&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0fd8f29de8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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