WALL STREET JOURNAL: The giant food company said it would stop selling chicken that could make humans vulnerable to a “super bug.”
WALL STREET JOURNAL: The giant food company said it would stop selling chicken that could make humans vulnerable to a “super bug.”
McDonald’s on Wednesday said it plans to make the changes over the next two years, working with its chicken suppliers, which include Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. meatpacker. The world’s largest restaurant chain said it would continue to permit the responsible use of antibiotics known as ionophores, which aren’t used in human medicine, by its chicken suppliers.
The announcement comes just three days after Steve Easterbrook took over as McDonald’s chief executive vowing significant change at the fast-food giant to reverse two years of worsening sales declines that culminated in the retirement of his predecessor, Don Thompson . Mr. Easterbrook in recent weeks has told analysts that he sees himself as an “internal activist” who plans to create a “modern, progressive burger company,” and observers have been anticipating possible changes to the company’s ingredients to improve consumers’ views of its food.
