"Leif Erikson" > wrote in message oups.com...
> wrote:
> > If you read the article S. Maizlich posted
> > http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/02/1....ap/index.html
> >
> > The last line says:
> >
> > "Before its acknowledgment Monday, the company had quietly added
> > "Contains wheat and milk ingredients" to the french fries listing on
> > its Web site."
>
> How long before? And why did the left-leaning CNN feel it necessary to
> editorialize "quietly"? Naturally, they don't *say* how long, probably
> because they don't know, but they're clearly trying to create the
> impression that McDonald's did something sneaky. Maybe McD's *did* do
> something sneaky, but CNN doesn't know that, and has no reason to
> believe it...except for their political orientation.

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'French Fries:
Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef source),
dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural color). Cooked
in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated
soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially
hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or
corn oil).
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