Extra bacteria content: McDonald's fined
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Agence France-Presse Mar 28, 2006 01:31 PM IST
A Hong Kong branch was fined $4,000 for selling ice cream containing bacteria 630 times over the permissible limit.
Hong Kong has imposed a fine of 4,000 dollars on McDonald's for selling ice cream that contained 630 times more than the legal limit for bacteria, health officials said on Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said that samples from a branch in the city's Kowloon district contained 63,000 coliform organisms per gram, which was well over the 100 organisms per gram allowed.
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The fast-food giant initially denied the charge but changed its plea in court on Monday.
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