McDonald's investor group wants it to drop meat produced with antibiotics
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A MCDONALD'S Corp shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections.
The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas comes amid growing concern from public health experts that the overuse of such drugs is contributing to rising numbers of life-threatening human infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria dubbed "superbugs".
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