CHRIS THOMSON

McDonald’s Australia has been fined $20,000 after pleading guilty to supplying undercooked chicken nuggets from its Midland outlet.

In a decision published by the Department of Health today, McDonald’s pleaded guilty in Midland Magistrates Court to supplying undercooked chicken nuggets from its outlet at 231 Great Eastern Highway in Midland on December 15, 2010.

McDonald’s was fined $20,000 and ordered to pay costs of $900.

It was not the first time the company’s Midland operation has offended, having been fined $500 for a breach of health laws in February 2008.

In October last year, McDonald’s Warnbro outlet was accused by city of Rockingham officials of serving a raw chicken wrap.

In July 2009, the same McDonald’s was convicted and fined $9000 for failing to maintain its premises and equipment in a clean and sanitary condition, among other indiscretions.

That conviction followed a $1250 health fine slapped on the Landsdale McDonald’s in September 2007.