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Investing.com -- Campbell’s Co. has placed a vice president of information technology on temporary leave following allegations of racist remarks and criticism of the company’s products.
The action comes after Robert Garza, a former Campbell’s employee, filed a lawsuit on November 20 in Michigan’s Wayne County Circuit Court against Martin Bally, the IT executive.
According to the lawsuit, Bally allegedly called Campbell’s products highly processed food for "poor people" and referred to Indian co-workers as "idiots." Garza claims to have recorded a conversation in which Bally stated Campbell’s soup contains "bioengineered meat" and that he didn’t want to eat "a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer," as reported by Local 4 News in Detroit.
Campbell’s announced Tuesday that Bally had been placed on leave while the company investigates the alleged comments.
In a statement released November 25, Campbell’s defended its products, calling the comments about its food "not only inaccurate—they are patently absurd." The company emphasized that its chicken meat comes from "long-trusted, USDA approved U.S. suppliers" and meets high quality standards, including using chicken meat with "No Antibiotics Ever."
The company also noted that Bally works in IT and "has nothing to do with how we make our food."
Campbell’s stated that if the comments on the recording were indeed made by Bally, they are "unacceptable" and do not reflect the company’s values and culture.
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