MacDonalds pays-but not enough

[theist 1]

Ten million is a drop in the bucket towards what these demons have coming to them.

 

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McDonald's fries cost $10M

Chain to pay vegetarians, Hindus for not disclosing it used

beef flavoring in French fries.

June 5, 2002: 5:43 PM EDT

 

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -

McDonald's Corp. said it would pay

$10 million to Hindu, vegetarian and

other groups more than a year after

a Seattle lawyer sued the fast-food

chain, alleging it failed to disclose the

use of beef flavoring in its French

fries.

 

The disclosure of the payment and an apology was made in a

June 1 press release.

 

The world's largest restaurant chain said

it "sincerely apologizes to Hindus,

vegetarians and others" for improperly

describing its fries and hash browns sold

in the United States as vegetarian.

 

The company began calling the products vegetarian after it

began using vegetable oil to help reduce cholesterol in the

early 1990s, but the fries and hash browns themselves

contain a small amount of beef flavoring added during potato

processing at plants.

 

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"We regret we did not provide these customers with complete

information, and we sincerely apologize for any hardship that

these miscommunications have caused," the release said.

 

McDonald's payment and apology are part of a wider

settlement of five class-action lawsuits charging that the

company had misled consumers by wrongly describing its

French fries as vegetarian.

 

The settlement is in line with the terms of a draft agreement

reached in March, but McDonald's said at the time that it was

premature to comment about a possible deal.

 

The chain also said it has created an advisory panel on

vegetarian and other dietary practices as part of the

settlement. The group, including experts in consumer dietary

practices, plans to advise McDonald's on relevant dietary

restrictions and guidelines.

 

McDonald's first apologized for

"confusion" about beef

flavoring used in the fries in

May 2001 after Seattle lawyer

Harish Bharti sued the

company, accusing the chain

of deception in its claims of

cooking fries in 100 percent vegetable oil.

 

At the time, company officials disclosed the small amounts of

beef flavoring used in the fries and hash browns.

 

Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's said it was not required by

the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reveal the use of

beef flavoring, and that it didn't use the substance in fries

sold at restaurants in India or predominantly Hindu countries.

Hindus abstain from beef for religious reasons.

 

The lawsuit by Bharti, a practicing Hindu, came just a month

after McDonald's said its first-quarter profit fell 16 percent,

hurt by concerns about the safety of the beef in its

hamburgers during a scare that mad cow disease had entered

the United States.

 

 

 

 

[Gauracandra 1]

You are right about the $10 million punishment. It really is a drop in the bucket. They couldn't care less about what they did, and this certainly won't stop them from such practices in the future.

[theist 1]

They will anything for a buck.They kill millions of cows and other animals every month.

 

Their bill is astronomical.Sinful reactions on a cosmic scale.

 

I don't care if they set up a vegan salad bar in their lobby, they won't get a penny from me.

 

Now I hear they are contaminating India.Indians should protest them out of the country.Even if they avoid cow killing there they certainly are killing them everywhere else in the world.

 

Why does India need these low class places?Trade Indian food for that slop?No way.

[Guest guest]

thankyou for helping to destroy my livlely hood and ruining my chance for a better future for my family. you dont know a thing about cattle, so dont act like you do.

[theist 1]

most certainly welcome. If you are blessed with some land then grow some human food. You know, think Garden of Eden and then try for a managable version towards that vision.

 

Good luck

[livingentity 0]

cry me a river!! One post has ruined your livelihood! Give me a break! LOL!!

 

What is it about cattle that you know - that would make it ok to murder and eat their flesh? Are they evil? Are they consorts of Saddam? Are they all plotting to take over the world?

 

I prefer to cry for the poor cattle that you claim to have helped to murder. There are plenty of peaceful jobs out there that pay a heck of lot more than McMurder's does.

 

Sorry but your post just does not make sense. Why would either a cattle rancher or a McDonald's employee be hanging out here? Why would you accuse one person of ruining your life?

 

Your post is suspect in that you seem to have posted it just to start a fight which it did not! You must have something better to do.

 

C' ya.

[I_love_krishna_ 0]

They will anything for a buck.They kill millions of cows and other animals every month.

Their bill is astronomical.Sinful reactions on a cosmic scale.

 

I don't care if they set up a vegan salad bar in their lobby, they won't get a penny from me.

 

Now I hear they are contaminating India.Indians should protest them out of the country.Even if they avoid cow killing there they certainly are killing them everywhere else in the world.

 

Why does India need these low class places?Trade Indian food for that slop?No way.

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Indians extol any western thing as being "cool" or "aristocratic" , it is hard for them to get over the conditioning and see the truth.

 

They did protest against Mc Donalds , but I am not sure if the whole business has gone out of the country.

 

When I went to India, I was hoping for Samosas or kalakands or Gullab jamuns but some of my relatives tended to prefer vege burgers... its so wierd.