U.S. fast food chains get failing grades for antibiotics in meat
Next time you think about getting a burger or some other meat-containing meal from Burger King, Arby’s, Olive Garden, Domino’s pizza, Buffalo Wild Wings, Starbucks or Applebees, you may want to consult a recent report that gave those restaurant chains an “F” for using beef that contains large amounts of antibiotics.
The report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center, the Center for Food Safety, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Consumer Reports and the U.S. Pirg Education Fund examined the role that restaurants are playing in the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria – a burgeoning public health crisis that is being blamed for at least 23,000 deaths a year in the U.S., according to the CDC.