Source: MEATINGPLACE, 8/5/16

Wendy's Co. said it has begun the process of eliminating all antibiotics important to human medicine from its chicken by 2017.
The company told Reuters that as of June 2016, half of its chicken supply had been raised without medically important antibiotics. It said it would be at 100 percent by next year.

Wendy's purchases more than 250 million pounds of chicken annually, according to the article.

The company also said it would commit to specific goals for the reduction of antibiotics important to humans in pork and beef production in 2017.

McDonald's Corp. this week said it had completed its shift to using only chickens raised without antibiotics important to human medicine nearly a year ahead of schedule.

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