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So which fast-food chains get a gold star for their no-antibiotics policy?

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“Shake Shack stands by the National Milk Producers Federation’s standard of not tail-docking dairy cows.

We also encourage our suppliers to use selective breeding of dairy cows to eliminate the need for dehorning.

Additionally, we prohibit rBST/rBGH in our fluid dairy supply,” the companystates.

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BurgerFiis also adamant about zero use of antibiotics in its beef.

“Only about 1% of the beef produced in the United States meets the strict BurgerFi standard.”

This is obviously not a perfect situation, but still vastly better than the standards in other restaurants.

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