Did you know that large factory farms that serve restaurants like KFC, Burger King and Dunkin' Donuts regularly give massive amounts of antibiotics to healthy farm animals? Instead of being reserved for treating sick people, antibiotics are used to fatten up cows and chickens and help them survive in factory farm conditions.
The problem with factory farms overusing antibiotics is that they're creating resistant bacteria that spreads through our food, water and the environment. Scientists have been telling us for years that antibiotic-resistant superbugs are multiplying at an alarming rate, and we know that medicines to treat deadly infections aren't working like they used to. But the big chain restaurants aren't listening and they keep buying their food from these bad factory farms.
Consumers Union scored some of the biggest restaurant chains in the United States on their antibiotics policies and practices and precious few had a passing grade.
Tell the restaurants that received an "F" rating on the 2016 scorecard to adopt strong policies that prohibit the regular use of these antibiotics in their meat and poultry.
