Insights and Stories on Antibiotics

Chicken farmers to expand phase-out of antibiotics

Jul. 23, 2017 at 8:10 pm CDT

The national body for Canada’s chicken producers has set new targets to phase out preventive use of the antimicrobials deemed next-to-most important in human medicine. Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) on Tuesday announced that, following the “successful elimination” of Category I antibiotics for disease prevention in chickens, its antimicrobial use […]

Tim Hortons parent updates antibiotic policy for chicken

Jun. 22, 2017 at 7:01 pm CDT

By Staff

KFC to curb antibiotic use in U.S. chickens it buys

Apr. 7, 2017 at 5:19 pm CDT

By Lisa Baertlein

Tyson accelerates shift away from antibiotics in chicken

Feb. 21, 2017 at 6:59 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

A+W books sales growth despite Prairie ‘challenges’

Feb. 14, 2017 at 7:08 pm CST

By Staff

Pizza chains expand antibiotic-free meat market

Feb. 7, 2017 at 2:34 pm CST

Canadian pizza chains Pizza Nova and Pizza Pizza are both staking out further space in the chain dining market for meats from livestock raised without antibiotics. Toronto-based Pizza Pizza on Jan. 23 announced it would source all chicken products on its menu from birds raised without the use of antibiotics, […]

By Staff

Tim’s, Burger King to cut some antibiotics from chicken supply

Jan. 4, 2017 at 5:01 am CST

The parent of fast-food chains Tim Hortons and Burger King plans to end the use of certain medically important antibiotics in its Canadian chicken supply chain in 2018. Restaurant Brands International (RBI) in late December announced the new policy on its website, saying it “will work with our supply chain […]

By Staff

McDonald’s investor renews push to cut antibiotics in all meat

Nov. 17, 2016 at 7:36 pm CST

Reuters — A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder is redoubling efforts to convince the fast-food chain to stop all of its global restaurants from serving the meat of animals raised with antibiotics that are vital for fighting human infections. More than 70 per cent of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. are […]

By Lisa Baertlein

Cargill stops using human antibiotic against disease in turkeys

Aug. 9, 2016 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. meat processor Cargill has stopped using an important antibiotic for people to prevent disease in turkeys, the company said Tuesday, the latest food maker to drop the drug amid concerns about the impact on human medicine. Cargill has not used the drug, gentamicin, to prevent […]

By Tom Polansek

Shareholders press Yum for stricter antibiotics policy

Aug. 9, 2016 at 4:59 pm CDT

Los Angeles | Reuters — Yum Brands investors on Tuesday filed a shareholder proposal requesting that it quickly phase out harmful antibiotic use in its meat supply, taking aim at the practices of the company’s KFC fried chicken chain. The proposal from shareholder activists As You Sow, of Oakland, Calif., […]

By Lisa Baertlein

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