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Now push for the McVeggie

ABCNEWS.com : McDonald's Apologizes for Fry Labeling

And agrees to donate $10 mil to relevant groups.

The apology.

Also from the article:

McDonald's says it has created a Dietary Practice/Vegetarian Advisory Panel consisting of experts in consumer dietary practices that will advise McDonald's on relevant dietary restrictions and guidelines.

Contact McD's and tell them you want the McVeggie to go national. BK's got one (though not very good from what I hear), why not them? I tried finding a contact email on the site, no go.

UPDATE: I posted this story to Mefi, where amidst the usual handwringing over litigation and fratboy "I'm eating a big greasy burger while I read this. nhyuck, nhyuck" dorkishness I found out that the BK Veggie is supposedly not that good. Also a number of vegetarians put forth the argument that what the hell is a vegetarian doing in McD's in the first place? There's an interesting discussion of this at vegan.com. Read the articles linked under the BK logo on the front page, though I think that this one seems the most germane to this discussion. I personally think that any increase in the number of places I can get vegan food is a good thing; I live in a mixed veg/carnivore household, and when we're on car trips and we stop at McD's, it would be good if there were something there I could eat. Though maybe we should just not take the kid there, right? I know, I know...