据外媒报道,美国麦当劳将逐步停止使用含人类抗生素鸡肉。麦当劳此举可改变饲养人员的生产方式,可对抗“超级细菌”问题。
麦当劳日前宣布,2年内美国麦当劳(McDonald's USA)的1万4000个店面将停止购买人类抗生素饲养出来的鸡肉。抗生素在人类医学上地位十分重要,人们在家禽上过度使用抗生素恐降低它对人体疾病的效果。
部分原文报道如下:
(Reuters) – McDonald's Corp's U.S. restaurants will gradually stop buying chicken raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections, the most aggressive step by a major food company to change chicken producers' practices in the fight against dangerous 'superbugs.'
The world's biggest restaurant chain announced>原文链接:http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/04/us-usa-mcdonalds-antibiotics-idUSKBN0M01L520150304