McDonald's pressured to serve up global antibiotics ban

Of McDonald's US menu items only poultry products are free of antibiotics

A new online campaign is putting pressure on fast food giant McDonald's to impose a global ban on products from animals treated with antibiotics.

Scientists warn that treating livestock with antibiotics is leading to a rise in drug-resistant superbugs.
The charity ShareAction has called on consumers to email McDonald's chief executive Steve Easterbrook.

Antibiotics are widely used to prevent rather than treat illnesses

 Last week, the fast food chain stopped using poultry treated with antibiotics - but only in its US restaurants.
ShareAction has called on McDonald's which operates in more than 100 countries to stop using chicken, beef, pork and dairy products that have been given antibiotics in all of its 30,000 stores globally.