Mcdonald’s wants to scale back on the antibiotic
Snabbmatsjätten Mcdonald’s has made up a plan to gradually scale back the amount of antibiotics in their nötköttsburgare. The first step is to examine the antibiotikanivåerna of its ten largest köttleverantörer. Reduktionsmålen shall be set no later than 2020.
With the action, they want to help reduce the resistance to antibiotics among humans, according to the chain’s vice president of sustainability Keith Kenny.
Already in August 2017, announced the restaurant chain that would reduce the use of antibiotics in chicken products.