KFC will be facing pressure from the Consumer and Environmental Groups. The world's largest fried chicken restaurant will have to change its system of raising their poultry after McDonald's Corp. stated that they will switch into using chicken that are raised without the use of human antibiotics.
McDonald's disclosed that the company will stop the use of chicken raised with human antibiotics since it is important to human health. The world's largest fast food chain has come to a decision to phase out the chicken raised with antibiotics that are vital to human health over two years allay concern that using such drugs in poultry production has impaired the rise of deadly superbugs which are difficult to treat.
Days after, Costco Wholesale Corp. explained to Reuters that it is aiming to stop selling of meat and poultry that are raised with the use of human antibiotics.
KFC's owner Yum Brands, a Louisville, Kentucky-based company, has not publicly announced any policy about the use of antibiotics in their poultry.
Both McDonald's and Yum are trying their best to get back customers to dine back in their restaurants after getting lured away by competitors which boast using antibiotic-free meats and high quality ingredients, according to Mail Online.
"The chicken served in our U.S. restaurants is USDA high quality, and free of antibiotics," Yum explained.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has A, B, and C classifications for poultry and doesn't have a "high quality" designation for chicken. Poultry which is rated A is normally found at retail, while poultry rated B or C is usually are being used in more processed products where the chicken meat is cut up, chopped, or ground.