Big restaurant chains get an ‘F’ for antibiotic use in their meat supplies The report arrives amid ongoing angst over resistance to antibiotics

https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/02/antibiotics-livestock-mcdonalds-panera-kfc-beef-pork-turkey-chicken-pig-fda/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_PxUaSsU-UPUWxUhM4XajuB3GYVahkCMRAA6t0tIri1pNAhxSs0CxZudTIcBGylAPJsiZ6ZGLT-WjsGixZU52gJ0dMjA&_hsmi=336476282&utm_content=336476282&utm_source=hs_email The best and worst restaurant policies on antibiotics The vast majority of the 20 biggest restaurant chains in the U.S. have no publicly available policies governing antibiotic use by their beef, pork, or turkey suppliers, a new nonprofit report found. In graded assessments, five chains were given failing scores: Olive Garden, Dairy Queen, Arby’s, Little Caesars, and Sonic. Only two received the top grade (A+, of course) indicating that the companies implemented policies on antibiotics in every type of meat served: Chipotle and KFC. The report arrives amid ongoing angst over resistance to antibiotics, which killed at least 1.27 million people worldwide in 2019, according to CDC data.