McDonalds vill minska antibiotikan i burgarna
Nu har McDonalds tagit fram en plan för att stegvis minska mängden antibiotika i sina hamburgare med nötkött.
Snabbmatsjätten ska börja med att granska nivån antibiotikan från sina tio största köttleverantörer. Enligt USA Today rör det sig om kött på marknader från bland annat USA, Frankrike, Tyskland och Storbritannien.
Enligt TT vill Keith Kenny, McDonalds vice vd för hållbarhet, minska resistensen mot antibiotika bland människor.
Antibiotic
Wikipedia (en)
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections. They may either kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria. A limited number of antibiotics also possess antiprotozoal activity. Antibiotics are not effective against viruses such as the common cold or influenza; drugs which inhibit viruses are termed antiviral drugs or antivirals rather than antibiotics.
Sometimes, the term antibiotic (which means "opposing life", from New Latin based on ancient Greek roots) is broadly used to refer to any substance used against microbes, but in the usual medical usage, antibiotics (such as penicillin) are those produced naturally (by one microorganism fighting another), whereas nonantibiotic antibacterials (such as sulfonamides and antiseptics) are fully synthetic. However, both classes have the same goal of killing or preventing the growth of microorganisms, and both are included in antimicrobial chemotherapy. "Antibacterials" include antiseptic drugs, antibacterial soaps, and chemical disinfectants, whereas antibiotics are an important class of antibacterials used more specifically in medicine and sometimes in livestock feed.
Antibiotics revolutionized medicine in the 20th century. However, their effectiveness and easy access have also led to their overuse, and some bacteria have developed resistance. This has led to widespread problems, and the World Health Organization have classified antimicrobial resistance as a "serious threat [that] is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country".
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