McDonald's To Stop Serving Chicken Raised On Antibiotics
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A change is on its way to fast food giant McDonald's menu.
The company, within the next two years, will begin sourcing chicken raised without antibiotics that are important to human medicine.
Chicken McNuggets, and other chicken menu items, won't be the only things tweaked to meet some customers "expectations." McDonald's U.S. restaurants will also offer low-fat white milk and fat-free chocolate milk from cows not treated with the artificial growth hormone rbST, the company said Wednesday.
"Our customers want food that they feel great about eating – all the way from the farm to the restaurant – and these moves take a step toward better delivering on those expectations," McDonald's U.S President Mike Andres said in a company press release.
The birds, if sick, will still receive "appropriate veterinary care" with "prescribed antibiotics" that are meant for chickens and then will no longer be included in the company's food supply, the company said.
These changes, the company says, is all part of the fast food giant's "journey to evolve its menu to better meet the changing preferences and expectations of today's customers."