Given the company's buying power, the policy -- if implemented within the 10-year time frame proposed -- could have a dramatic impact on husbandry practices in industrial meat production systems everywhere.
The over-use of antibiotics in farm animals, to promote growth and prevent infection, has been linked to the rise of fatal infections in humans, which cannot be treated because the disease-causing agents are resistant to all available antibiotics.
Read McDonald's policy statement here.
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