Three Chicago-area Jews are suing a hot dog maker for mislabeling weiners as all beef when they actually were wrapped in pork casings.

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The suit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court Monday against Vienna Beef of Chicago, seeking unspecified damages for emotional distress suffered after the plaintiffs read the label of a box beside a street vendor's cart, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Vienna Beef spokeswoman Susan Stoga said the company stands behind its "all-beef" labeling and said 96 percent of the company's hot dogs are either skinless or use a non-pork casing.

The plaintiffs, Morris Gershengorin, Marina Smolyansky and Marina Bartashnik, claim in their suit they are "observant Jews," although there was no explanation for why they were eating non-kosher hot dogs.