Source: DROVERS, 12/11/8


   McDonald’s has announced a policy to reduce the overall use of antibiotics important to human health which applies across 85% of the company’s global beef supply chain. The company will monitor antibiotic use in its top ten beef sourcing markets and set reduction targets for medically important antibiotic use by the end of 2020. McDonald’s said it has been developing this policy over the past year and a half, while consulting a cross-section of expert stakeholders from veterinarians, to public health leaders, to the beef producers responsible for taking care of the health of animals within the supply chain every day.

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