McDonald’s deals with chip fat problem

Responding to a class action suit on behalf of vegetarians, Hindus and others, launched by Seattle lawyer Harish Bharti, McDonald’s has agreed a settlement of US$10mn to be paid to Hindu and vegetarian groups. Following McDonald’s publicised switch to pure vegetable oil in preparation of French fries in the early 1990s, beef fat was reintroduced without that information being available to those with strong objections to eating beef or meat products.