Source: Hinduism Today
HOMEBUSH, AUSTRALIA, December 18, 2001: The Hindu Council of Australia has confirmed that McDonald’s fast food restaurants in Australia have been cooking their french fries in a frying mix of 92% beef tallow and 8% cottonseed oil for the last twenty years. This is the same practice abandoned about 15 years ago by McDonald’s in the USA, who then started using vegetable oil for the fries. Just this year, however, the USA McDonald’s revealed they still put a small amount of beef flavoring in their fries, resulting in a lawsuit by Hindus. McDonald’s in Australia wrote to the Hindu Council that they have always published lists of their ingredients and “have not promoted or published any of the products [including the french fries, hash browns and apple pies] outlined in your letter as being vegetarian.” The address for the Hindu Council of Australia is 17 The Cresent, Homebush, NSW 2140, Australia.