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| Apr Fri , 2007 12:11 pm Urban Legend: McDonald's 2 |
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Kangaroo meat
There is another rumor that McDonald's hamburgers are made of kangaroo meat. Origins and details are similar to the above rumor about worm meat.
However, the cost of setting up a major operation to transport this meat thousands of miles from Australia would theoretically be astronomical and would be represented in the consumer's final price for purchasing a burger at a McDonald's restaurant. To set up a case against McDonald's on this, one would have to justify what McDonald's does with the gigantic shipments of meat it regularly orders from cattle farmers. If one was to suppose that kangaroo meat was used, one would have to question why there aren't obvious bulk quantities of kangaroo meat coming into the US from Australia. However, this explanation had yet to disprove more localized versions of the myth, such as that only McDonald's in Australia use kangaroo meat.
Kangaroo meat, properly processed, is more expensive than beef in Australia. Kangaroo meat is also healthier, containing less fat and more protein, and is on the menus of many upper-class restaurants in Australia and abroad.
This particular rumor began in 1972 when USDA inspectors found meat imported from Australia that was not permitted in the USA. The meat in question was at a Ralston Purina warehouse in Southern California. McDonald's was not involved, the fast food company was Jack in the Box, a subsidiary of Ralston Purina at the time. Company officials said the meat was shipped to them in error, and was destined for pet food, not Jack in the Box. |
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