Guest guest Posted May 4, 2001 Report Share Posted May 4, 2001 I tried to post this yesterday but I don't show it posted so here it is again. Old news now. SEATTLE (Reuters) - A vegetarian lawyer is claiming millions of dollars in damages from McDonald's Corp., accusing the fast food company in a lawsuit of ``secretly'' lacing its French fries with beef fat. Citing an e-mail in which the Oak Brook, Illinois company discloses its suppliers use tiny amounts of beef flavoring, the suit charges McDonald's with fraudulent claims for saying its fries have been cooked in pure vegetable oil. ``We will seek injunctive relief to stop this practice...and we are seeking damages, including punitive damages, that will easily be in the hundreds of millions of dollars,'' said Harish Bharti, who filed the class action suit in King County Superior Court on Tuesday. A McDonald's spokesperson said the restaurant chain had never claimed to offer vegetarian food and that it freely provides ingredient information to anyone who requests it. For the whole story: http://dailynews./h/nm/20010503/hl/vegetarian_1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2001 Report Share Posted May 5, 2001 Actually, from what I've read, I think Bliss is correct - there does seem to be a pretty solid case against McD's. According to an article in the Nando Times - << McDonald's announced in 1990 that its restaurants would no longer use beef fat in making french fries and that only pure vegetable oil would be used. >> Also, a statement from McD's in response to the lawsuit said the fries have " a miniscule trace of beef flavoring, not tallow. " Does this remind anyone of the statements that Clinton made during the Lewinsky scandal? Here's a link to the Nando Times article: http://www.nandotimes.com/noframes/story/0,2107,500557643-500796045-504261652-0,\ 00.html Srikanth , Kevin Littlejohn <darius@w...> wrote: > > >>> " Bliss " wrote > > French Fries: > > Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavour, dextrose, sodi > um acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural color). Cooked in partially hydrogen > ated soybean and corn oils, TBHQ (to protect flavour). > > > > The beef fat is the natural flavour, and we, the consumers are supposed to as > sume this somehow? There is no mention of beef fat or lard in the ingredients l > ist and the use of the words 'natural flavours' are misleading. > > Anything listing " colours " or " flavours " without specifying what they are is > suspect. We don't (with occasional exceptions) buy anything marked thus - > chicken fat is a " natural flavour " too, you know. > > Personally, as much as I dislike McD's, I think they're in the right in this > one - they've never claimed to be veggie (and I've always assumed they've used > something akin to beef fat, since discovering that just about all pre-cooked > chips are cooked in beef-based tallows prior to reaching whatever store is > selling them). Best of luck to the claimants, but I don't like their chances. > > Would be nice if the cop-out of " colours " or " flavours " could be replaced with > people actually listing what those colours and flavours are, tho. > > KevinL > -- > Internet techie Obsidian Consulting Group > Specialising in proxy servers and traffic measuring/billing. > http://www.obsidian.com.au/ darius@o... Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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