Wendy’s to Reduce Antibiotics Use in Beef Supply Chain

Wendy’s will reduce antibiotics use in its beef supply chain.  The announcement follows similar measures the fast food restaurant chain took in its poultry supply chain.

Starting next year, Ohio-based Wendy’s will source about 15% of its beef from producers that have committed to a 20% reduction of the only medically important antibiotic product routinely fed to cattle.  Wendy’s noted in the report that it has completed the process of eliminating all antibiotics important to human medicine from chicken production, something the company pledged to do last year.  Wendy’s latest move comes a little more than a week after the Food and Drug Administration released a report noting that U.S. sales and distribution of antibiotics approved for use in food animals fell 10% in 2016.

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