BUSINESS NOTES

摘要

When McDonald's speaks, industry listens. The quick-service giant's new chicken antibiotics policy made stakeholders in the antibiotics and food-producing animals industry segments debate take notice. McDonald's US announced on March 3 it will only buy chicken raised without antibiotics that are important to human medicine. McDonald's operates approximately 14,000 restaurants in the United States. The new policy is McDonald's effort to address consumer concerns regarding antibiotic-resistant "super bugs," according to the company. Tyson Foods Inc., a leading poultry producer, applauded the plan.