Campbell is emphasizing that its soups are not made with 3D-printed chicken, lab-grown chicken, or bioengineered meat. The food giant issued a clarification on its website after leaked audio allegedly captured Campbell’s vice president of information technology saying the company’s meat “came from a 3D printer.”
“A recent video contained inaccurate comments about our ingredients,” Campbell writes. “The comments heard on the recording about our food are not only false, they are absurd. We do not use lab-grown chicken or any type of artificial or bioengineered meat in our soups.” It states that the company only uses chicken from “reputable” suppliers in the US that meet USDA standards.
The audio was released as part of a lawsuit filed against Campbell by a former employee, who claims to have recorded a conversation with IT VP Martin Bally. During the conversation, the man described as Bally makes racist remarks, while calling Campbell’s food “bioengineered” and for “poor people.”
“Even in a can of soup, I look at it – and see bioengineered meat,” the man in the recording says. “I don’t want to eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer, do you?”
Campbell has placed Bally on leave while he investigates the alleged comments. “Keep in mind, the alleged comments heard on the audio were made by an IT person who has no connection to how we make our food,” Campbell says.
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