That's What I Call One Un-Happy Meal

Results from "The Happy Meal Project," an experiment done by a New York City photographer who bought a Happy Meal and let it sit in her home, unrefrigerated, for 180 days in an attempt to capture its' decomposition, or lack thereof,  were recently blown wide open.

For six months, Sally Davies took photos of the Happy Meal, which consisted of a hamburger and fries, and for six months nothing changed, proving her theory that the world-famous fast food chain puts an insane amount of preservatives (and other crap we don't even know about) in their "food." Day after day, Davies photographed the Happy Meal which was not developing any mold or showing signs of decay. By day 171 the Happy Meal looked almost identical to the picture taken on day one. The only difference being that the fries had shrunken a bit and the burger looked plastic and was rock hard, as reported by The Daily Mail. So, did Davies blow McDonald's cover?

I cannot say that I'm entirely convinced that Davies did not take a Happy Meal home on April 10, 2010 and then preceded to take a series of pictures featuring the meal from different angles and views all in that same day. After all, I am a publicist. What does this look like to me? A PR stunt to get this photog some free publicity - and a good one at that.

Sally, if you were hurting for work and did this to get your name out there then bravo, I salute you. If you were simply trying to disprove McDonald's promises that they use 100% USDA-inspected beef, then I have to say I am disappointed and a little peeved at your experiment. After all, what you don't know doesn't hurt you, right?

Whether these claims are true or false I will continue to eat McDonald's, so Ronald you need not worry, you still have one customer at least. I have to admit that imagining life without a good ole' American Big Mac once in a while makes me quite sad.  Like my nutrition professor once told me, "everything in moderation" (even moderation). Maybe one day I'll try this experiment out for myself to know for sure, but I have to admit that I doubt I would be able to stay in a room with an un-touched burger and fries for longer than an hour.

Check out the article from The Daily Mail and see for yourself.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319562/McDonalds-Happy-Meal-bought-Sally-Davies-shows-sign-mould-6-months.html#ixzz12FJZn9Mv