Corrections to Article 

(these have been incorporated into the online version)

1. The McDonald's press release about the french fries being cooked in 100% vegetable oil was issued in July 23, 1990 (as correctly stated elsewhere in the article), not in July 2003, as stated in the first paragraph due to a typographical error.  

2. John Robbins states that I have not used the entire quotation he gave me.  This doesn't materially alter the sense of the story, but I have used the entire quotation in the online version (see my response to John Robbins for a before-and-after comparison).

3. June 9, 2005: I have now updated the timeline to include events from 2004 and 2005, and to reflect the actual dates that the lawsuits were filed in different states in 2001.  I updated the settlement allocation to indicate that the court upheld the proposed settlement and the money is in the process of being distributed.