Leading Food Companies And Restaurants Are Increasing Their Use Of Antibiotics And Injections In Their Meat

Your favorite fast-food restaurant or food company may be reneging on their promise to ditch antibiotics in their meats to keep their products cheap and profitable.

The following report is by The Trends Journal:

Tyson Foods and Panera Bread have reversed their pledges over the past year to maintain a no-antibiotics policy in their meat. Chick-fil-A also announced that it will begin allowing some antibiotics to be used despite its “no antibiotics ever” pledge in 2014, Al Jazeera reported.

Tyson Foods made a similar pledge in 2017 but reintroduced some antibiotics last year “based on scientific research and industry learnings.”

Karen Christensen, a Tyson spokeswoman, said the antibiotics used are unrelated to human medicine and “improve the overall health and welfare of the birds in our care.”

Panera Bread has already begun removing signs from locations that state “no antibiotics ever” and “vegetarian fed.” The move expected to save the company $21 million a year, Al Jazeera reported.

U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit, said popular chains like Burger King, Starbucks, Olive Garden, Panda Express, Little Caesars, Domino’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Pizza Hut were all given an ‘F’ for antibiotics and meat, the New York Post reported…