Why does mcdonalds own worm farms

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Home Grown Farming. Stay Connected RSS for posts. Have something to add? Please consider leaving a comment , or if you want to stay updated you can subscribe to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

Are you kidding me? McDonald's has gigantic shipments of meat it regularly orders from cattle farmers. If one were to suppose that worm meat were used, one would have to justify the small proportion of the U. At an Atlanta press conference, officials, backed by a regional officer of the U.

Department of Agriculture, denounced the rumors as "completely unfounded and unsubstantiated", and swore that the company's hamburgers contain nothing but beef. From Newsweek, November 27, McDonald's released a letter from the U. Secretary of Agriculture in , attesting to McDonald's burger's pure beef content. It was used as proof in a rebuttal press conference on October 1 of that year, against the rumor.

The cattle ranch has been operated by the Weiss family for the past 46 years. On its webpage, McDonald's says that's likely because the food has dehydrated, and that food needs moisture to form mold. The company's responses to other questions such as "Does McDonald's beef contain worms?

End of story. National TV ads will begin airing Monday letting people know about the push. He noted people are demanding for more information about products across the board, not just from McDonald's. National TV ads will begin airing Monday letting people know about the push.

McDonald's says people can submit questions via social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook. The company plans to respond to the most common questions with videos or other posts, as well as responding one-on-one to questions, Stringfellow said. Laura Ries, a marketing consultant based in Atlanta, noted McDonald's risks bringing up unappetizing thoughts some people may never have heard about.