A video of a French farmer dumping manure outside a McDonald’s in eastern France to protest fast-food outlets that import foreign meat products has been falsely claimed online to be about Israel’s war with Hamas.
Yannick Augrandenis, an associate at the communications consultancy representing McDonald’s France, told Reuters in an email that the video shows the Nov. 24 protest.
This included 21,950 tonnes of beef for minced steaks used in McDonald’s recipes and 18,001 tonnes of chicken, which meant nuggets were 100% French meat, the statement said.
The video shows a farmers’ protest over fast-food chains importing meat, not the Israel-Hamas war.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.
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