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McDonald's to cut back on antibiotics-fed chickens in US

Only poultry-specific drugs not used on people could be fed to chickens as worries grow over resistance to crucial drugs

Published Thu, Mar 5, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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FAST-FOOD giant McDonald's announced on Wednesday it would stop serving chicken raised with antibiotics that are important to human health, as worries grow over resistance to crucial drugs.

McDonald's said that it would work with poultry farmers to halt the use of what the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified as "critically important antimicrobials" to feed the chickens it serves alongside its popular hamburgers.

Some antibiotics would still be allowed, but only poultry-specific ones not used on people. "While McDonald's will only source chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine, the farmers who supply chicken for its menu will continue to responsibly use ionophores, a type of antibiotic not use…

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