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According to the Daily Mail, more than 20 well-known fast food chains are using antibiotics in a joint report, with Burger King, Starbucks, Damela Pizza and DQ Snow Queen ranking the lowest in the "F" category.
Reported that this is the second annual report of the Alliance of Institutions on antibiotics. Some of the bottom companies in this year were also named last year because of their lowest ranking. In addition, the latest annual report found that up to 16 companies ranked bottom, accounting for 64%.
At the bottom of the list
evaluation of Antibiotic Use Policy Starbucks, Damela and others were named
The Daily Mail reports that major fast food chains have pledged to provide antibiotic-free meat products over the past two years as concerns about antibiotic resistance continue to grow. However, the latest research shows that "promised" companies do not keep their promises.
The report pointed out that just one day before the report was released, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting on antibiotic resistance. Reporters from the World Health Organization learned that in the history of the General Assembly, there had been only three such high-level meetings on health issues.
A report released by Friends of the Earth, the American Natural Resources Conservation Association and the Food and Animal Concern Trust, the Consumer Union and the Food Safety Center compares the antibiotic use policies of meat and poultry in 25 fast food restaurants and fast-food restaurants in the United States. The report found that 16 of the 25 stores ranked bottom, accounting for 64%. Well-known chains such as Burger King, Starbucks, Damela Pizza and DQ Ice and Snow Queen ranked the lowest in the F-level. These companies ranked bottom in the F ranking either because they did not disclose the use of antibiotics in meat and poultry supply chains or because they formulated policies but failed to implement them continuously.
The report points out that in response to the public this year, the number of top fast food companies in the United States, which have implemented policies prohibiting the daily use of antibiotics, has doubled. Nine companies have "upgraded" the list, mostly because these stores have said they no longer use antibiotics to raise poultry (chickens).
The report points out that even though some progress has been made in reducing the use of antibiotics in chicken feeding, there are still very few companies that do not use antibiotics in beef and pork so far.
Hamburg King and other well-known enterprises ranked lowest last year without improvement.
This is the second annual report of the alliance on antibiotics, which sounded an alarm about the use of antibiotics in meat and poultry supply chains in the 25 largest fast food restaurants and fast-food restaurants in the United States.
In last year's report from the Institutional Alliance, 20 of the 25 stores surveyed ranked bottom in the A-F rating, with the lowest "F" rating, accounting for up to 80%. This score indicates that these companies allow their meat suppliers to use antibiotics on a daily basis.
French late reporter found that last year's bottom ranking enterprises, in this year there are still some bottom position. Last year's bottom companies included Burger King, DQ Ice and Snow Queen, Damela Pizza, Starbucks, Bar John Pizza and tacobell.
From Bacon burgers to fried chicken nuggets, most of the meat supplied by U.S. restaurant chains comes from animals raised under industrial equipment, according to Cary Hammerschlag, senior project manager of Friends of the Earth, one of the report's sponsors. And these companies often use antibiotics to prevent diseases that can easily spread in crowded and unsanitary conditions.
"It's time for our catering industry to take the lead in demonstrating a solution to the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance. These companies should work with their meat and poultry suppliers to eliminate the daily use of antibiotics and improve the overall environment for meat production in the United States. He said.
Health-threatening drug-resistant bacteria kill 700,000 people a year
The Daily Mail reports that drug-resistant bacteria now kill 700,000 people a year. Global public health officials warn that if antibiotic use is not restricted, the figure will reach 1 million people a year by 2050.
The report published last year wrote: "Livestock breeders inject antibiotics regularly into their livestock, which can lead to bacterial resistance and proliferation, and even spread to our society, resulting in greater antibiotic resistance. Increased drug resistance means that antibiotics may no longer be effective when we need them most."
However, the driving force behind these "potentially catastrophic" data is the unbridled use of antibiotics to treat mild infectious diseases and to feed animals. As a result, diseases like E. coli (infection) may soon become incurable.
In response, the report points out that 70% of the antibiotics produced each year are now commonly used in livestock and poultry. Up to 96% of these drugs are usually used in feed or water for animals that are sick and unable to grow faster, enabling them to survive in crowded, unsanitary industrial farms. Such actions lead to people