Fast-food giant KFC committed to halting the use of chicken raised with antibiotics commonly used to treat humans, yielding to consumer groups that have warned for years that such practices can help foster dangerous bacteria. The Yum Brands Inc. chain said it would cut antibiotics in its poultry chain by the end of next year, following other restaurant companies that have scaled back antibiotics used to keep chickens, hogs and cattle healthy on farms and feedlots where animals are raised by the tens of thousands....

Source: Wall Street Journal April 07, 2017 20:03 UTC