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>Although they TRY to fry them alone in their own oil vat, every single
>McDonald's I have ever visited, upon close questioning, admits that at least
>once a day they wind up frying hash brown potatoes (which contain wheat
>flour) in the same vat as the fries. The Canadian Celiac society was
>successful in getting McDonald's of Canada to switch to corn starch in their
>hash browns, just to avoid this problem.

Also don't forget that even in Canada when McD's puts on specials like their
curly fries that they are not GF and when this special is running the fries
are not GF until after the close of the special and the vats have been
cleaned and the oil change.