Overview
- Campbell’s said Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer Martin Bally has left the company after it reviewed excerpts of a recording and apologized for the offense caused.
- The audio included derogatory remarks about Campbell’s products and customers and racist comments about Indian colleagues, according to court filings and media that reviewed the tape.
- The recording also features a claim that the firm uses lab‑grown or 3D‑printed chicken, which Campbell’s calls absurd as it says its soups use 100 percent real chicken from USDA‑compliant suppliers.
- Former employee Robert Garza filed a discrimination and retaliation suit in Wayne County, alleging he was fired about three weeks after reporting the remarks to the company.
- The conversation was recorded in Michigan, a one‑party consent state, and the uproar has drawn external scrutiny, including a stated consumer‑protection inquiry by Florida’s attorney general.