Serving Up Superbugs Report

On October 19, 2024 FACT published Serving Up Superbugs, our latest corporate antibiotics report which ranks the top 20 fast food chains based on their antibiotics policies for all of the meats they serve. This builds on the Chain Reaction Reports below. We hope that this report will help move the meat industry to adopt healthier animal raising practices so that they can reduce their level of antibiotic use and their contribution to the development and spread of superbugs. Chipotle continues to earn an A grade for its strong policies, while Panera’s grade has dropped dramatically from an A in previous reports to a D. Fast food giant McDonald's has unfortunately backtracked on prior commitments and have weakened antibiotics policies. Read the detailed report here.


The chicken industry continues to have success at reducing the overuse of antibiotics, and the majority of the top fast food chains have good antibiotic policies for chicken. However, progress in the beef and pork sector is much slower. Fast Food giants like McDonald’s and Subway need to uphold prior commitments to antibiotics and do their part to push the industry in the right direction.


Superbugs In Stock Report

On October 13, 2022 FACT along with several members of the Antibiotics Off the Menu coalition published our first annual SUPERBUGS IN STOCK report which ranks the top U.S. grocery chains on their corporate policies related to antibiotic use in their private label meat and poultry supplies. The report reveals that Eight of the 12 largest U.S. supermarket companies, including Walmart and Trader Joe’s are failing to protect human and animal health by allowing suppliers to misuse antibiotics in their meat and poultry production.

You can read more, here, on our blog about the report

CHAIN REACTION

FACT and members of the Antibiotics Off the Menu coalition have published six annual reports ranking the top U.S. restaurant chains on their policies related to antibiotic use by their meat suppliers.

The CHAIN REACTION reports illustrate the success of our efforts to reduce antibiotic over use; however, progress has been made primarily in the chicken industry. FACT is currently focusing our work on reducing antibiotic overuse in cattle and pigs. In response to campaigns by FACT and allied organizations, most major U.S. restaurant chains no longer purchase chicken from suppliers that routinely administer antibiotics to their animals.

With our latest report, we are also beginning to see commitments for beef. FACT will have to keep the pressure on to make sure they follow but this is the beginning of a change in the massive beef industry. Chipotle and Panera by already transitioning away from meat produced with routine antibiotic use have led the way but to get broader change in the beef industry more companies need to seek change.