one way fast food chains cut costs and
boost productivity is by using meat that
has been pumped full of antibiotics
several us governing bodies monitor the
fast-food restaurants on their use of
and policies regarding antibiotics and
animals with the reports the restaurants
get graded on a high school basis a is
good and F is very bad based on those
reports we have put together 10
fast-food chains that condone the
overuse of beef antibiotics by policy
literally kill the guy last year you had
made meat tornado Burger King F you
failed when many of us pop into our
local fast food restaurant the use or
overuse of antibiotics in beef is
probably one of the furthest things from
our minds the use of antibiotics in beef
doesn't sound that bad but it is
actually extremely harmful not just to
the animal but to us as well
what happens is the livestock is pumped
full of pre-emptive antibiotics in order
to prevent the animals from getting sick
because these animals are healthy the
bacteria actually become resistant to
the antibiotics especially when they are
overused and these super viruses are not
only harmful to the animals but they can
then be passed on to humans too we're
facing a new strain one way to stop this
from rising is for restaurants to keep
vigilant about where they get their meat
from and how the animals are raised and
treated many reports by several
governing bodies now focus on that very
thing and unfortunately a lot of our
favorite fast-food restaurants do not
meet the standards they should propping
up the bottom of the latest report that
focuses on the overuse of antibiotics in
beef is Burger King the fast food
giant's don't seem to have any policies
in place with regards to sourcing their
beef also Burger King didn't participate
in any surveys and refused to answer any
questions about their beef policies as
much as we all love
proper Burger King needs to improve this
aspect of their brand ASAP oh you failed
Dairy Queen F capital F while Dairy
Queen may be known all over the world as
serving the best ice cream around as
well as their truly awe-inspiring
blizzards Dairy Queen also has an
extensive menu that includes all manner
of fast food favorites because of the
popularity of Dairy Queen's meat
products it's surprising to know that
they are sitting way at the bottom of
the list when it comes to beef that over
uses antibiotics and policies they have
in place are you a believer in order
order with a failing F grade Dairy Queen
didn't actually allow the reports to
survey their beef sourcing policies and
instead only showed information
regarding chicken and pork which was not
the report in question furthermore it
seems that Dairy Queen as with many
other fast-food chains actually uses a
loophole within the FDA guidelines when
it comes to meat while the FDA has made
the use of antibiotics illegal when the
animals are still maturing it has not
yet banned them from using antibiotics
in healthy mature animals to prevent
them from getting sick many fast food
and beef manufacturers are using this
loophole as a way to get antibiotic beef
into their stores and this is one of the
main reasons that Dairy Queen failed
this report Starbucks
F but this is the kind of stuff that's
gonna get us in trouble ok we know what
you're thinking Starbucks isn't a
fast-food restaurant
however Starbucks does sell some
products with beef as the main
ingredient because of this Starbucks was
included in the report and is included
on our list the coffee giant's got a
failing F grade for their policies to do
with antibiotic use in beef you have
failed every respect the reason they got
such a low grade is that they don't have
a policy at all while Starbucks doesn't
buy that much beef or beef products it
still
does buy some and therefore should have
policies in place to safeguard its
customers the fact that Starbucks
doesn't have a beef policy is even more
surprising given that Starbucks has a
policy for everything else including
buying and sourcing poultry we're hoping
that Starbucks takes a good look at this
report and it's grade and starts putting
some new policies in place take it one
step up Panda Express since its first
burst onto the fast-food scene back in
the early 1980s Panda Express quickly
became one of the most popular Chinese
restaurants across the country however
when it comes to their policy on beef
Panda Express is firmly at the bottom
with a bad F grade as they don't seem to
have any policy at all regarding the
overuse of antibiotics in beef Panda
Express ended up at the bottom of the
pile with a big must try harder stamp to
show for it incidentally a lot of the
food on Panda Express is menu is chicken
based and they do have a policy for that
in fact most fast-food restaurants have
made huge strides when it comes to using
antibiotics with chickens and how
chickens are kept in general it's just a
shame that they don't have the same with
beef hopefully Panda Express will take
note of this and strive to improve their
policies with all food taking notes Taco
Bell D how did you hear about Taco Bell
the famous tex-mex restaurant has
cornered the market in late-night snack
food as we all pile into the car to grab
a tasty burrito at 2:00 in the morning
it won't be surprising to know that Taco
Bell uses quite a lot of beef and in
particular ground beef on its menus on
the recent report that governing bodies
released on how fast-food restaurants
use antibiotic infused beef Taco Bell
got a fairly respectable D however
although the D grade is a lot better
than most fast-food restaurants that
were audited the D grade was given
mainly on their promise to reduce
antibiotic B
not on what they have already done Taco
Bell promised to reduce medically
important antibiotics in beef by 25
percent by the year 2025 while this is a
promising step forward from Taco Bell
they don't at this present time have any
kind of general policy regarding its
meat and how its sourced and in
particular the use of antibiotics within
the meat we're hoping that this is just
the start for Taco Bell and they will
build upon this grade Wendy's d-plus
darling like light while the likes of
McDonald's and Burger King may be a more
famous and renowned burger fast-food
brand there is something special about
Wendy's the old-fashioned burgers and
style of food that Wendy's provides
makes this a real comfort food kind of
place that brings joy to us all because
of the image that Wendy's has it's nice
to see the fast-food Queen receiving a
passing grade with its policies on beef
and the overuse of antibiotics receiving
a d-plus Wendy's currently gets 30% of
its beef from farmers that have cut the
use of Ty Lawson and other medical
antibiotics by over 20% and Wendy's vows
to make more improvements in this area
Wendy's was also the recipient of the
biggest wanna be super lit 'iv due to
its efforts to change its beef policies
as well as publicizing its changes to
antibiotic use in beef we hope that
Wendy's can keep this up and maybe next
year they will be even higher up on the
list Subway see you guys want to get
somewhere okay
subway was at one stage the
fastest-growing franchise in the world
starting out as a small idea to sell
good sub sandwiches subway exploded as
people rush to create their own favorite
sub sandwiches it's not surprising then
that subway is looking to improve its
policies when it comes to buying and
sourcing their ingredients back in 2015
subway made a promise that it would
source beef that is completely
antibiotic free by the year 2025 while
it has yet to fulfill this promise or
even beyond course to fulfill it I never
ever break that promise subway has
however updated its beef policy in order
to be more realistic in sourcing better
beef subway changed its policy to fit in
more with the World Health
Organization's guidelines which concerns
public health and wellbeing for this
subway earned a C on this report which
is not a bad grade McDonald's C is a
hundred percent real beef a fact or a
company we bet you were thinking that
McDonald's would be one of the worst if
not the worst fast-food restaurant there
is no denying that McDonald's is one of
the biggest names in the world of fast
food not only that but they are actually
one of the biggest buyers of beef in the
entire country because of this a lot of
people look to McDonald's as a company
that should be setting the standards
however those famous golden arches
haven't been doing well when it comes to
their beef and using antibiotics in last
year's report McDonald's was right at
the bottom of the pile in the F category
re test retest treat this however seemed
to make McDonald's pull up those stripey
socks and take a good hard look at
themselves that seems to have worked as
McDonald's finds themselves climbing out
of the F and way into the C category the
reason for their miraculous climb is to
do with their new beef policy they have
put in place
McDonald's is promising to audit it's
beef suppliers in regards to how the
animals are kept and the antibiotic
usage they also promise to share their
findings with the public and give
all more information about the cows they
source hey cow
whoa Panera Bread a - what it where it
lies on the scale between decadence and
health while this famous bakery doesn't
buy as much beef as most of the other
entries on our list
it still has a policy in place that
ensures that what they buy is of good
quality the report showed that 100
percent of the beef that Panera sources
are all pasture raised grass-fed and
grass finished 100 percent yes because
of their foresight on putting policies
into place regarding the overuse of
antibiotics in beef Panera was awarded
the early leaders superlative and
appreciation for its early beef policies
this isn't the first time Panera has
been praised for its social conscience
and 2010 they operated a pay what you
can restaurant as well as using only
free-range eggs and they are very proud
of the fact that their menus contain no
GMOs or artificial flavors no wonder
Panera Bread got such a good grade on
this report good job
Chipotle a welcome to Chipotle thank you
for your bravery the Mexican Grill
restaurant came top of the poll by quite
some way famous for its Mexican style
burritos and tacos
Chipotle uses a lot of ground beef and
other meats on its menu according to
this year's survey the Mexican Grill
restaurant is on top of its beef
suppliers and usage in fact Chipotle
regularly conducts its own surveys and
audits into its beef suppliers this
includes detailed reports from farmers
about how much antibiotics they use and
what kind plus regular farm inspections
to see if the results are true it's too
good to be true as of this year
Chipotle reports that about half of the
beef they serve in the US comes from
100% grass-fed producers it seems that
Chipotle was ahead of this and as such
was also awarded the early leader
superlative Chipotle continues to be on
top of where it's meat comes from and
how it is kept the rest of the fast food
industry can look to this Mexican
as a bar setter good job really good job
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