Poultry giants swear off antibiotics, but industry’s path unclear. By Tiffany Stecker | 04/30/2015 01:17 PM EDT . Tyson Foods Inc. this week became the latest poultry company to pledge to remove ...

The poultry industry argued that the antibiotics were used sparingly, on fewer than 1.5% of growers’ flocks--still about 90 million chickens. The FDA agreed with the industry.

KFC announced last month it will rid its chicken of antibiotics by the end of 2018. Also going without antibiotics are McDonald's, Burger King, Panera, Chipotle, Taco Bell and Wendy's.

A surprising finding by a team of University of Georgia scientists suggests that curbing the use of antibiotics on poultry farms will do little – if anything – to reduce rates of antibiotic ...

McDonalds shift on human antibiotics in chicken is an important step to curb non-clinical antibiotic use in poultry farming in the U.S. Judging by the subsequent Costco announcement, others in the ...

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There's no question that if enough people reject antibiotic-fed meat and poultry, the industry will have to change their practices. But organic meat and poultry do cost more.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the feces of livestock and poultry make their way to environmental water sources, contaminate commercially sold meat, and are transferred directly to humans with ...

To ward off possible illnesses, Vittetoe routinely injects weaning piglets with virginiamycin, a prescription-grade antibiotic. For nearly the rest of their lives, she adds 10 grams of other ...

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