Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Chipotle, Panera and, most recently, Subway have made public pronouncements indicating their intentions to source their poultry and meat from producers who don’t use antibiotics. The promises usually involve some time in the
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Report Ranks Antibiotics Policies at Fast Food Chains
Only Chipotle and Panera get an A grade on antibiotics policies and sourcing practices, and most other fast food chains fail, according to a report by the Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources Defense Council,…
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Details Sought About Subway’s Switch to Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Last week, officials at Subway said that the fast-food chain plans to switch to chicken raised without antibiotics by next year, but antibiotic preservationists are frustrated by the lack of details from the company. The…
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Arkansas Officials Warn About Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Subway
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning the public about possible exposure to Hepatitis A after a Subway employee in Morrilton, AR, tested positive for the virus. Anyone who ate food from the Morrilton…
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Subway Investigating Reports of Doctored Expiration Dates in China
Chinese media are reporting that workers at a Subway sub-sandwich fast-food chain outlet in Beijing were doctoring expiration labels and serving meat and vegetables beyond their expiration date. Subway officials stated on Monday that they…
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Food Advocates Call on FDA to Ban Potentially Carcinogenic Bread Additive
Subway made headlines last week when the fast food chain announced it was going to stop using a chemical in its bread that is also used to make yoga mats and shoe rubber. On Monday,…
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Sick Subway Employees Worked During Norovirus Outbreak
Employees at an Indiana Subway restaurant went to work in January despite being sick with Norovirus, according to a health department investigation. During a Norovirus outbreak in Blackford County that sickened 90 residents from January…
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Norovirus at Indiana Subway Restaurant
More than 90 people in Hartford City, IN have been sickened, and two were hospitalized, in an outbreak of norovirus traced this week to a Subway restaurant, according to the Blackford County Health Department.
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Subway Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Supplier
The source of the outbreak of Salmonella at Illinois Subway restaurants in late April and June may have been a food distributor in the central part of the state, authorities said Thursday.
In a final…
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Salmonella Lawsuit Filed Against Subway
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced yesterday that 97 cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss had been confirmed among Subway restaurant customers in 28 counties in the state.
At least 25 people were hospitalized due…
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