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KFC Chicken Will No Longer Be Antibiotic Lickin’ Good

In answer to a call to end widespread use of antibiotics in animals that end up on your plate for dinner, KFC has announced that by the end of 2018, it will no longer use chickens raised on medically important antibiotics. As reported by Ars Technica, that makes 11 of the top 15 restaurant chains coming onboard with this promise. Heavy reliance on antibiotics in medicine and agriculture has brought about drug-resistant bacteria, which exacerbate successful treatment of many human...