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McDonald's and Taco Bell get graded on their beef. Which one got an F?

The overuse of antibiotics is probably far from your mind when you order a beef burger from a fast food chain. But it shouldn't be.

A new report out Thursday rates top U.S. restaurant chains like McDonald's, Starbucks, and Chipotle on their commitments to reduce antibiotic use in beef. When you eat beef from a cow given antibiotics, it could impact your health, making you less resistant to certain diseases. 

While Chipotle took home the top score because it regularly conducts internal audits of its beef supplies, McDonald's, the single-largest purchaser of beef, got a C. Although, that's up from last year's F. Starbucks got an F because it didn't even bother to fill out a survey about its antibiotics policies for the six major consumer, public health, and environmental organizations that annually release the scorecard. Read more...

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