Record pollution fine for McDonald's supplier in China

For More Latest News Subscribe us: BEIJING: A McDonald's joint venture in China supplying its outlets with French fries has been slapped with a record 3.9 million yuan ($630,000) fine for water pollution. The fine levied against Beijing Simplot Food Processing is the largest ever meted out by the city of Beijing for pollution citing the municipal environmental watchdog. Beijing Simplot Food Processing is a joint venture between US agribusiness concern J R Simplot Company, McDonald's and the Beijing Agricultural, Industrial and Commerce General Company. Established in 1992, Beijing Simplot makes French fries and hash browns for McDonald's, Xinhua said, adding that it also produces them for "other East Asian customers", without elaborating.