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McDonald’s: What About the Beef?

There are often issues that we can consider as controversial or debatable. Dave Mielke presents one of these issues each week to give you “Something to Think About.” The topic for today is “What About the Beef?” McDonald’s Corporation plans to curtail antibiotics use in its US chickens because of health concerns. Will this move kick-start a broader food industry response to a growing public health alarm around drug resistant bacteria?  Do people want to know what’s in their food? Will this change in ingredients improve consumers’ views of McDonald’s food? Is this move really necessary given the advances in new antibiotics which are proving to be effective against current drug resistant bacteria?

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