“No amplifiable tuna DNA was present in the sample and so we obtained no amplification products from the DNA,” read the lab’s results email. “Therefore, we cannot identify the species.” According to a spokesperson for the lab, the lack of distinguishable DNA in Subway’s tuna offerings can indicate two equally terrifying notions. “There’s two conclusions,” they told the publication “One, it’s so heavily processed that whatever we could pull out, we couldn’t make an identification.” The other? “There’s just nothing there that’s tuna,” they continued.
Although definitively alarming, there are a few things to keep in mind in fully understanding the meaning behind these results. Firstly, as the publication noted, cooking tuna denatures its DNA. This means that several of the fish’s distinguishable properties may have been destroyed, making identifying the fish notably more difficult “if not impossible.”
Secondly, the sanctity of Subway’s fish hasn’t always been in murky waters. Last February, Inside Editon completed an almost identical experiment, sending samples of Subway tuna acquired from three separate locations in Queens, New York, for DNA testing. Unlike the New York Times’s tuna, the fish Inside Edition sent for testing was conclusively determined to be tuna.
So folks, although it’s unclear what the heck is actually going on with Subway’s tuna, there’s one thing that’s certain: Whatever the deal is it’s definitely fishy.
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