McDonald's Cheered for Decision to Do Away With Certain Antibiotics in Chicken
Fear of "superbugs" makes this an important move.
McDonald’s has announced that it’s going to discontinue the use of chicken raised on antibiotics “that are important to human medicine” over the next two years. The decision is receiving high praise from some very important people. From ABC News:
Gail Hansen, senior officer of the antibiotic resistance project at The Pew Charitable Trusts, said, “McDonald’s announcement is a big public health victory in the battle against antibiotic resistance.”
“Superbugs” are a growing concern, particularly because of a small outbreak of infections at a couple of Los Angeles hospitals.
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