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HarryMcDowell t1_iw9bw88 wrote

Reply to comment by dreaming-in-colour in [OC] I bought and cooked 5.5 lb of chicken quarters. This is the breakdown of the weight throughout the process by dreaming-in-colour

>Water in package - there is an absorbent pad (diaper?) in the bottom ofthe packing, which was 7% of the weight that was advertised.

This sounds like a false, misleading, or deceptive trade practice. Any of which is a violation of the FTC Act and the consumer protection laws of every State and Territory in the United States.

You should report this to each of the following: a local consumer advocacy attorney, your jurisdicition's Attorney General's Office, and the FTC.

I am a lawyer, but I am not your lawyer. This post doesn't create an attorney-client relationship, and nothing I've written here should be relied upon as legal advice. Each of the organizations I've linked will be able to tell you if there is, in fact, a case here.

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centizen24 t1_iw9exf6 wrote

But the pad weighs that much because it absorbed liquid that came out of the chicken. It's not some grand conspiracy.

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pug_subterfuge t1_iw9fjb5 wrote

How is it misleading? They packaged the chicken at the listed weight and some of the moisture in the chicken seeped into the packaging.

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showponyoxidation t1_iw9k5pv wrote

Yeah, imagine buying chicken and not expecting moisture. It's not Turkey.

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Intelligent_Moose_48 t1_iw9n7gz wrote

Turkey is only dry because people waaaaay overcook it and don’t use meat thermometers. Don’t go over 165F internal and it’ll be nice and juicy.

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ul2006kevinb t1_iwa8ier wrote

The fact that a lot of the country is desert doesn't help either

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