I ka makahiki 2001, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo McDonald e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻiʻo pipi i loko o nā fries Farani, i haʻi ʻia he huahana meaʻai. Ua waiho ʻia kēia hoʻopiʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka poʻe mea ʻai meaʻai, a ua loaʻa i kahi hale ʻaina meaʻai wikiwiki ʻo McDonald he $10 miliona, a he $6 miliona i uku ʻia i nā hui meaʻai. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua hoʻopili kekahi mau mea ʻai meaʻai i ka Animal Rights Protection Agency, e hōʻike ana iā lākou mai kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā hua holoholona i nā fries french ma McDonald's. ʻO Doris Lin, he kamaʻāina pono holoholona, ua nānā a hoʻopili i ka hale ʻaina ma o ka pūnaewele, a ua loaʻa iā ia ka pane penei:
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