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Why Chicken Is Going Antibiotic-Free First

By Lydia Zuraw on June 8, 2015

When McDonald’s 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…
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Tyson ‘Striving to Eliminate’ Human Antibiotics in Chickens

By James Andrews on April 29, 2015

Tyson Foods, the largest poultry producer in the U.S., announced Tuesday that it would strive to quit using human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by the end of September 2017. The company, based in Springdale,…
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Scientists Model Global Trends in Animal Antibiotic Use

By Lydia Zuraw on March 23, 2015

Last spring, the World Health Organization stated that there are “major gaps” in surveillance and data sharing related to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant foodborne pathogens and their impact on both animals and humans. One gap…
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McDonald’s Plans to Phase Out Chicken Fed Medically Important Antibiotics

By Lydia Zuraw on March 5, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-mcdonalds-valencia-spain-june-logo-sign-blue-sky-valencia-world-s-largest-fast-food-chain-over-restaurants-image41622392Fast-food giant McDonald’s announced Wednesday that, within two years, all of the chicken served at its 14,000 U.S. restaurants will come from farms which raised the birds without medically important antibiotics. The move could help…
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Pew Analysis Highlights Gaps in FDA’s Animal Antibiotics Policy

By Lydia Zuraw on December 4, 2014

A year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its Guidance for Industry #213, analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts finds that gaps in the animal antibiotics policy could allow for some drugs to…
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