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| McDonald's sued over non-veg fries |
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| Arsalan |
| 05/03/01 at 11:01:24 |
| [slm], Finally its out in the open. I think they are right to have been sued since they did not explicitly mention beef in their fries thereby misleading the public. Anyways this should remove all doubt from our minds. Check this out: [url]http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/05/03/companies/wires/mcdonalds_wg/[/url] |
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| Kiwaku |
| 05/04/01 at 11:06:10 |
| I have read the attached message. As a former manager for a McDonalds I have some things to add. I know for a fact that the oil used in the restraunts is 100% vegatable oil. But... what many dont say is what is done to the fries prior to them being taken to the store. At the plant where the potatoes are processed they are pre-cooked. In 100% beef fat! That is right.... they are pre-cooked in the one thing that they say is not in there. There is a lot of cover up in the McDonalds industry, the fries are just the tip of the perverbial iceberg. Take it from me, a FORMER McDonalds manager. Sincerely Usamah |
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| bhaloo |
| 05/04/01 at 11:32:06 |
| slm WOAH! Usamah can you tell us more? What about the fish sandwich? |
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| momineqbal |
| 05/04/01 at 17:22:22 |
| [slm], What about Burger King? |
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| Kiwaku |
| 05/05/01 at 10:35:34 |
| Asalamu Alaikum Brothers and Sisters, What can I tell you.... *chuckles* McDonalds is as kufar as any other place. I would not trust the fish sandwiches to save my life. Here is my reason. McDonalds does a lot of business with bacon and sausage, these products are placed on the sandwiches using a set of tongs. The same tongs that they use for the fish! So when you are eating a fish sandwich, you might be injesting the grease and drippings from the sausage and bacon that was just put on the sandwich made before yours. Either that, or the young person making the sandwiches might use their hands to put the bacon on a sandwich, and then start making yours without washing. Trust me, it happens a lot. Before I reverted to Islam I know that I did that very thing a lot. There is no rule in McDonalds about using your hands to put bacon on a sandwich and then washing before continuing to make other sandwiches. Your best bet..... dont eat at McDonalds at all! I could not get out of there fast enough after I took Shahada. My eyes were opened to the horrible things that happen there. I hope that this gives you a little insight as to what really goes on there. I dont know anything about Burger King, but I do know that they use a lot of bacon, so the same things are probably going on there.... be safe... dont go. Sincerely Usamah |
| Good advice by our brother... Jazakallah Khair |
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| tasfiyah |
| 05/08/01 at 11:29:51 |
| Assalamu alaikum Warahmatulhai Wabarakatuh This was good advice by our brother. May Allah (swt) reward him with good. Wasallahu ala Muhammmed wala alahi wa sahbih http://194.66.45.228/ |
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| Moe |
| 05/24/01 at 19:08:50 |
| "McDonald's gets fried" (but no beef extract the UK) by Fareena Alam <fareena_alam@yahoo.com> Q News, The Muslim magazine Issue 332, June 2001 (Re-published on ININ with prior permission from the author) International fast food giant McDonald's USA has been hit with a lawsuit after investigations have revealed its french fries are laced with beef extract. Seattle-based lawyer Harish Bharti has accused the franchise of deceiving consumers with the claim that the fries are prepared in 100% vegetable oil. Investigations have revealed that the fries are prepared with a natural flavouring that includes beef extract. As news of Mr Bharti's lawsuit spread, he received hundreds of calls from vegetarians and Muslims. Some of them, he said, say they were told by McDonald's employees that the fries were vegetarian. Company spokesperson Walt Riker denies McDonald's ever said the fries are suitable for vegetarians and claims, "We have always told customers that their flavour comes partly from beef." The company's website and its 'nutritional facts' brochures state the French fries are made of potatoes, soybean oil and "natural flavours". For a breakdown of what constitutes "natural flavours" one would have to contact a McDonald's customer-satisfaction officer. Bharti argues, "A reasonable person who heard that McDonald's fries are prepared in '100% vegetable oil' and read the list of ingredients would assume the food is suitable for vegetarians." The lawyer's suit is seeking unspecified damages for the "emotional distress" caused to vegetarians, some of them vegetarian for religious reasons. Many Muslims across the United States were also dealt with a shock that what they assumed was halal due to lack of 'animal-derived ingredients', is in fact not. Summayya Whiteman, a home-maker in Washington DC said, "I have always avoided the hamburgers and the chicken McNuggets because they are made from non-halal meat. But I thought the fries were just potatoes, oil and salt." News of this controversy quickly spread to the United Kingdom predominantly via e-mails from Muslims in the United States stating that McDonald's French fries are not halal. However, McDonald's UK has confirmed, "In the UK, we do not add any flavourings to our French Fries at any stage. They are 100% potato, cooked in 100% vegetable oil. The only thing we do add is a little salt prior to serving," said the press release. Similarly in countries like India, beef extract is not used to flavour McDonald's French fries as a large majority are vegetarian for religious reasons. However, British Muslims whom Q News spoke to dismissed the idea that McDonald's has become "any less detestable than it was before" despite having been cleared of this controversy involving non-halal beef extract. "Read 'Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal' and you will never want to step into a fast-food restaurant like McDonald's again, " say Saleem Ruper, a 25 year-old computer engineer in London. The best-selling book by Eric Schlosser has turned millions off fast food through detailed accounts of their production. According to Schlosser, hamburger patties are nothing less than chemically enhanced beef made from the meat of more than 100 different cows that is probably contaminated with E-coli bacteria and almost certainly faeces of some sort. He adds that the soft drinks contain over 60 artificial colours and flavours and the chicken only smells like it has been hear a barbecue because it's been doused in smoke flavoured "aroma chemicals". There are stories of dairy cows and poultry living in horrendous conditions such as battery cages, and later slaughtered mechanically in factories where animal cruelty is the last thing on workers' minds. Another young Muslim adds, "McDonald's and other food chains like it base their profits on cruel mass production of animals. How can it be halal for Muslims to spend money on an industry that so severely violates the way Islam teaches us to treat animals? To me, McDonald's will never be any less sinister than a pair of golden arches in a pool of blood." Al-Hafiz B.A. Masri, former Imam of the Shah Jehan mosque in Woking, wrote in his book, Animals in Islam, "If animals have been subjected to cruelties in their breeding, transport, slaughter, or in their general welfare, meat from them is considered impure and unlawful to eat. The flesh of animals killed by cruel methods (Al-Muthiah) is carrion (Al-Mujaththamah). Even if these animals have been slaughtered in the strictest Islamic manner, if cruelties were inflicted on them otherwise, their flesh is still forbidden food. 'Oh, ye messengers! Eat of the good things (tayyibat) and do righteous deeds. Surely, I know what you do." (Qur'an.23:51). The word 'Tayyib', translated as 'good', 'pure', 'wholesome', etc. means pure both in the physical and the moral sense. "Our Holy Prophets' overwhelming concern for animal rights and their general welfare would certainly have condemned (La'ana) those who practice such methods (factory farming), in the same way as he condemned similar other cruelties in his days. He would have declared that there is no grace or blessing (Barakah) - neither in the consumption of such food nor in the profits from such trades." |
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| PacificBreeze |
| 05/24/01 at 21:37:15 |
| hey salaams! thanks for the put up, i only became aware of this when sis caught site of it while flipping thru the channels n caught it being mentioned on the indian news show! ;) i was looking for info online but didn't see any..jazaks for the links! too bad though, McD fries were always the best! :( |
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| PacificBreeze |
| 05/24/01 at 21:36:34 |
| hey arsalan, the link's not working? what happened? a cover up? ;) jk. |
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| Mahmoodah |
| 05/27/01 at 01:02:18 |
| salam, the link din work here either!!! neways, i stoped havin macdonalt fries in December due to a post!!! but i was sooooo trempted go go in, thenx 4 pointin a finger out, or i'd neva realise!!! jazak wa-salam |
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