Officials reveal the fast food chains that use the most antibiotic-riddled meat..

Sixteen of America’s biggest fast food chains have been given a C food safety rating or lower due to the amount of antibiotics used in their meats, And five of the 20 most popular restaurant franchises received ‘F’ grades as they have no publicly available policies governing antibiotic use in their beef, pork, or turkey supplies…

The restaurants that failed were: Arby’s, Sonic Drive-In, Dairy Queen, Olive Garden, and Little Caesars, While there is no immediate, direct harm from consuming meat treated with antibiotics, doing so could help promote drug-resistant bacteria.

The investigation by the The Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) graded big name restaurants based on the types of meat they serve as of October, 2024, Panda Express received a ‘D-‘ grade for serving ‘some chicken raised without antibiotics’ which was deemed an ‘important first step’.

Panera, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Domino’s, and Dunkin’ were upgraded slightly to a ‘D’ rating for having better transparency as they all published a report in 2023 with information regarding their antibiotic policies, Popeyes, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Subway and McDonald’s received ‘C’ grades in their efforts to reduce the use of antibiotics, while Wendy’s and Chick-fil-A got Bs.

Chipotle and KFC received the only two ‘A’ grades as the study authors said that ‘both companies have meaningful antibiotic policies for all of the meat types served in their respective restaurants.’ For Chipotle, this includes beef, pork and chicken. For KFC, this covers chicken, the only meat served.

Chipotle was also upgraded to an A+ for having ‘meaningful policies across all of its meats’ and it was the only restaurant to not allow Carbadox – a cancer-causing feed additive commonly given to piglets – in its meat supply.

Antibiotics are highly effective in treating infections in animals that are to be slaughtered for food, Livestock typically undergo a withdrawal period of a few days before they’re slaughtered to reduce the amount of medicine seeping into the meat that people eat.