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A french fry supplier to the McDonald's restaurant chain in China has been issued Beijing's biggest-ever pollution fine for releasing dirty wastewater, state media reported. The official Xinhua News Agency said late Wednesday that Beijing environmental officials levied a record fine of 3.8 million yuan, or more than $650,000, against Beijing Simplot Food Processing Company Ltd. The company is a joint venture between McDonald's, the US-owned JR Simplot Company and the Beijing Agricultural, Industrial and Commerce General Company.

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