UK: McDonald's cuts trans fats in Europe
By just-food.com | 9 November 2006
Fastfood firm McDonald's has vowed to cut the level of trans fats in the cooking oils used by its European business to 2% by the middle of 2008.
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Fastfood firm McDonald's has vowed to cut the level of trans fats in the cooking oils used by its European business to 2% by the middle of 2008.
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