McDonald's to use chicken without certain antibiotics

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's plans to announce it will start using chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine and milk that is not treated with rbST, an artificial growth hormone.

The announcement comes as the fast-food giant struggles to shake its junk food image amid intensifying competition from smaller rivals positioning themselves as more wholesome alternatives.

McDonald's has long battled negative perceptions about its food, but the issue has become a bigger vulnerability as more people shift toward options they feel are made with natural ingredients.

FULL short story at link.


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150304/us--mcdonalds-food-7b50e00e15.html

[unblock]

1. because uncertain antibiotics taste so much better?

[Fred Sanders]

2. As opposed to the old recipe of antibiotics without chicken?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. haha, good one Colonel!

[drm604]

4. The FDA is changing the guidelines for antibiotic use in livestock.

This is a PR move by McDonald's to make it look like it's them making this decision.

[Sienna86]

5. I so agree. nt

PR only.

[uppityperson]

10. Seriously? do you have a link? thanks.

[drm604]

16. Here you go.

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm378100.htm

[uppityperson]

19. Thank you, I hadn't heard about it and appreciate the information and you taking the time.

[Sunlei]

6. McDonald's has to go 100% organic to shake their junk-food brand.

real organic, not the 'fake corporate organic label'

[still_one]

7. Antibiotics in livestock is a huge problem, and a contributing factor to antibiotic resistance

[tridim]

8. Going back to lard would be their best option.

But people still believe that saturated fat and cholesterol is bad for you... So it's junky processed vegetable oil for everyone!

[Sancho]

9. You can't believe the arguments on DU I've had with folks about antibiotic resistance...

and a big key is the use of antibiotics in farm animals. Actually, I've also made the statement that GMOs might have unknown future consequences too.

At any rate, I'm glad MdD's is getting on board (even though I never eat there). Thanks for the link.

[Auggie]

11. Won't matter to me ... the thought of eating there is sickening

[underpants]

12. Doesn't matter - kids think McD's is gross

I have a 9 year old and all her friends would never consider going to McD's other than breakfast.

[fasttense]

13. Yeah but, there are a whole host of other antibiotics, steroids and chemicals that are approved by

the FDA for use in poultry and cows.

I had some fool tell me that aside from a few injections of antibiotics, my pasture raised sheep were the same as as the lamb coming from the Midwest.

So, I did some research. Turns out there are about 50 different drugs you can buy and legally use on your sheep that will make them bigger, fatter, more meatier, and less prone to pneumonia and other diseases. The FDA has a listing of approved drugs. Also some 80% of lamb that is sold to consumers has been in a feedlot. You didn't know that most of that lamb in the grocery store has been overcrowded, overfed and dehydrated for at least 4 months before slaughter. While in those lots, they have to pump them full of drugs to keep them eating and on their feet.

I'm just saying that as a sheepherder, I had no idea all those antibiotics, hormones and steroids were out there for legal use on sheep. What kind of crap is out there for use on chickens and cows that we aren't commonly aware of?

[Trillo]

14. I'm skeptical

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chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine

Veterinary drugs are named differently from equivalent human drugs. One example is Baytril (veterinary) vs. Cipro (human). They are not exactly the same chemical as can be seen in the chemical abstraction on those two webpages, rather they are merely very similar.

I'm suspicious because this is exactly the kind of deception big corporations have used as long as I can remember for Public Relation purposes that they're doing something different, while not actually doing anything different.

This news item is so simplified it is oversimplified, it is not possible to determine what they mean.

[DeSwiss]

17. McDonalds is circling the bowl.

- Which is the exact place it should be........

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K&R


Outlandish hamburger diet claims link


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[d_legendary1]

18. Not gonna make a lick of difference to the people who eat this garbage.

What they wanna know is, "Does it taste good"?