March 04, 2021
In 2015, McDonald's introduced an antibiotics policy in the U.S. to only source chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine, which we completed nearly a year ahead of schedule. Farmers still use ionophores, a class of antibiotics that are not prescribed to people, to help keep chickens healthy.
We have also committed to fully transitioning tocage-free eggsin the U.S. and Canada by 2025.