Costco to Ban Antibiotics in Chickens

After McDonald’s announcement to stop purchasing chicken raised with shared-use antibiotics, Costco announced its efforts to eliminate the sale of chicken and meat from other animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections.

Costco Vice President of Food Safety Craig Wilson told Reuters it’s going to take time.

But he thinks everyone wants to move to a point where human-use antibiotics are out of the system.

Due to supply constraints Costco doesn’t have a target date to reach this goal.