摘要
肯德基总公司表示,该公司将不再采购在饲养过程中使用了对人类医学具有重要用途的抗生素的鸡肉。这家鸡肉连锁巨擘在被食品安全与提倡消费者权益组织施压多年后,才发表这项声明,而且麦当劳、必胜客与塔可钟等其他食品公司也在两年前就已做出类似承诺,答应逐步取消使用被施打抗生素的动物肉品——对动物注射抗生素一般认为与具有多重抗药性的“超级细菌”病原体的增多有关、
The parent company of KFC said it will stop buying chicken that is raised using antibioticsthat are important to human medicine. The announcement by the giant chicken chain came after years of pressure from food safety and consumer advocacy groups, and two years after other food companies such as McDonald's.