00:00It may be back for a limited time,
00:02but this sandwich is at the center
00:03of a class action lawsuit.
00:05McDonald's tried to get it dismissed,
00:07but a judge let the core of it move forward.
00:09The lawsuit says the McRib has no rib in it.
00:13McDonald's argued no reasonable consumer
00:16could expect rib meat,
00:17but in a survey the plaintiffs ran,
00:19nearly three and four people did.
00:21McDonald's also argued McRib is a brand name,
00:24not an ingredient list,
00:26but Judge April Perry noted the McChicken has chicken in it.
00:29The Egg McMuffin has egg.
00:31She called the rib expectation not unreasonable or fanciful
00:34and said shoppers shouldn't have to research
00:37a $7 sandwich before buying it.
00:39The suit goes further saying its patty is made from cuts
00:42like pork shoulder, heart, tripe,
00:44and scalded stomach instead of rib.
00:46McDonald's says it's 100% pork with no heart,
00:49tripe, or scalded stomach.
00:51The lawsuit cites that organ list from a food blog
00:53in a 2011 magazine article quoting a meat scientist
00:57on what restructured meat can include.
00:59The ruling doesn't decide who's right.
01:01McDonald's has until November 20th
01:03to answer the lawsuit's claims one by one,
01:05including the rib claim.
01:07Right now the McRib is back on menus in select cities.
01:10McDonald's says the lawsuit distorts the facts.
01:13So is a menu name a promise about what's inside,
01:16or is checking the ingredients on you?
01:18McDonald's says the
