McDonald’s has finished the switch to using a zero trans-fat cooking oil for it’s famous french fries. This marks an important event in the world of fast food, and while some criticize the company for not moving fast enough, McDonald’s says they are confident the rest of their menu will be free of trans-fat by the end of 2008. Currently McDonald’s uses over 75 million pounds of cooking oil per year.

My friend Jeff at Knowzy.com had alerted me to this article recently published by Chicago Business News, and today I woke up to discover a story by MSNBC dated yesterday, which says McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner made it official during Thursday’s shareholders meeting at the company’s corporate headquarters.