Statements on Antibiotic Use by Major Restaurant Chains

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Statements on Antibiotic Use by Major Restaurant Chains

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compiled by Keep Antibiotics Working as of March 3, 2003

 

 

http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_environment/antibiotic_resistance/page.cfm?pageID\

=1110

 

 

Chipotle Mexican Grill

 

 

 

" Chipotle Mexican Grill has begun using premium-quality, all-natural Bell &

Evans chicken at all of its Washington, D.C. restaurants - a first for a

quick-service company...Bell & Evans raises chickens without growth-stimulating

or disease-masking antibiotics or the harsh, unsavory conditions of factory

farms. "

Chipotle news release, Feb. 17, 2003

 

" Chipotle, based in Denver, recently introduced gourmet pork in its 155

restaurants across the country in a bid to improve ingredient quality-and

taste....Free-range pigs 'are not fed antibiotics...' said [Chipotle founder

Steve] Ells. "

" Chipotle Tries Pork from Pigs Who Lived High on the Hog, " Rocky Mountain News,

August 15, 2001

 

Dairy Queen

 

" Please know all approved suppliers of DQ/B chicken products are required to:

1. Guarantee they produce our chicken products without the nontherapeutic use of

all classes of medically important antibiotics.

2. Guarantee they produce our chicken products without the use of

fluoroquinolones. "

Letter to Keep Antibiotics Working, August 20, 2002

 

Domino's

 

" Pizza Broiler Chicken Purchasing Policy Statement

As part of its ongoing commitment to provide its customers with only top-quality

products, Domino's Pizza LLC works diligently with its suppliers to ensure they

meet or exceed the company's rigorous standards as they relate to food quality

and safety. Consistent with that practice, Domino's Pizza LLC will only purchase

broiler chicken products (the only type Domino's purchases) from suppliers who

guarantee they produce broilers without the nontherapeutic use of all classes of

medically important antibiotics. Further, Domino's Pizza LLC will only purchase

broiler chicken from suppliers who guarantee they produce chicken without the

use of fluoroquinolones. "

Letter to Keep Antibiotics Working, July 23, 2002

 

Hardee's, Carl's Jr., La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grills and Green Burrito

 

" The suppliers to CKE Restaurants, Inc., the parent company of Hardee's, Carl's

Jr., La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grills and Green Burrito Restaurants, do not use any

antibiotics for growth promotion or prophylactic purposes. All of our poultry

suppliers have totally eliminated the use of fluoroquinolones. Our policy is to

only purchase from suppliers who guarantee they produce chicken without the

nontherapeutic use of medically important antibiotics. Additionally, we purchase

poultry only from companies who guarantee they produce without the use of

fluoroquinolones....CKE Restaurants, Inc., has always been a leader in food

safety and we are committed to protecting the public's health. "

Letter to Keep Antibiotics Working, July 19, 2002

 

KFC

 

" KFC does not purchase poultry treated nontherapeutically with medically

important antibiotics. "

Letter to Keep Antibiotics Working, August 28, 2002

 

McDonald's

 

" 'We've listened to the concerns, studied the issue, and the bottom line was we

thought it was the right thing to do to discontinue the use of [fluoroquinolone

antibiotics] in poultry,' said Walt Riker, spokesman for Oak Brook-based

McDonald's. "

Walt Riker, McDonald's, " Chickens Fed With Antibiotics McGone " , Chicago

Sun-Times, February 12, 2002

 

Subway

 

" We feel this is an important issue and will not knowingly buy chicken that has

been treated with fluoroquinolones....Subway Restaurants has received statements

from its chicken vendors who verify that they are not using fluoroquinolones

antibiotics, nor are they using medically important antibiotics in healthy

animals. Thank you for contacting us and letting us communicate our position.

Good luck in your work to reduce antibiotic use! "

Letter to Keep Antibiotics Working, April 24, 2002

 

T.G.I. Friday's

 

" T.G.I. Friday's timely introduction of an all-natural Angus burger resonates

with today's burger connoisseur and consumers who want the assurance of

source-verified, all-natural hamburger....The cattle are never administered

hormones, antibiotics or animal byproducts. "

T.G.I. Friday's news release, July 16, 2001

 

For more information, contact Michael Khoo at the Union of Concerned Scientists:

202-223-6133 or visit http://www.keepantibioticsworking.com.

 

Keep Antibiotics Working is a coalition of health, consumer, agricultural,

environmental and other advocacy groups with more than nine million members

dedicated to eliminating a major cause of antibiotic resistance--the

inappropriate use of antibiotics in farm animals.

 

The company statements in this document have not been independently verified.

 

 

 

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