date:Jun 08, 2015
When McDonalds announced in March that it would be phasing out the use of medically important antibiotics in raising the chickens that supply its 14,000 U.S. restaurants, some asked, What about the Big Mac and the McRib?
Since then, Tyson Foods and Foster Farms have made commitments to responsible use of antibiotics in chicken production. In 2014, we heard from Chick-fil-a and Perdue.
Chicken is not the only protein product going antibiotic-free (Cargill said last year that it would stop using