NRDC Activist — Wendy's is falling further behind other leading fast
food chains by refusing to adopt better antibiotic use policies for its
entire beef supply. [ [link removed] ]So we need to continue to pressure the company to
act!

Shake Shack and BurgerFi source beef raised entirely without antibiotics.
McDonald's has committed to ending routine preventative use of antibiotics
in most of its global beef supplies. Even Taco Bell has announced a new
antibiotic use reduction commitment for its vast beef supplies, pledging
to cut all medically important drugs used to produce its beef by 25
percent by 2025.

Overuse of antibiotics in livestock fuels the dangerous spread of
antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can lead to the development of
drug-resistant "superbugs" that cause infections that are now killing an
estimated 162,000 Americans each year.

Taco Bell's pledge does not go nearly far enough — but it does highlight
the failure of one of its biggest competitors, fast food giant Wendy's, to
meaningfully address the critical public health threat of antibiotic
resistance.

Right now, Wendy's is only making vague and piecemeal promises that amount
to greenwashing. Given the urgency of this health threat, Wendy's can and
should do better.

[ [link removed] ]Send
this message to Wendy's CEO now: The company needs to set a timebound
commitment that ends the routine use of all medically important drugs in
all of the company's beef.

Thanks for using your voice in this fight to save lives.

Sincerely,

Lena Brook
Director of Food Campaigns, NRDC

Read my earlier email below where I talk about my visit to The Wendy's
Company's annual shareholder meeting.





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NRDC Activist,

Last week, I spoke at The Wendy's Company's annual shareholder meeting in
Ohio.

I was a little nervous, and a lot excited — I addressed Wendy's CEO Todd
Penegor, their corporate board, and company shareholders about the urgent
need to end the routine use of medically important antibiotics in the
company's beef supply to protect human health.

Last year, we saw important progress in our push to protect antibiotics
when McDonald's — the country's most iconic fast-food chain — committed to
ending routine antibiotic use in its beef. This is a critical step in
slowing down the development of drug-resistant "superbugs" that cause
infections that are now killing an estimated 162,000 Americans each year.

Now, we're counting on you to help us turn up the heat on Wendy's — the
third largest burger chain in the country: [ [link removed] ]Tell Wendy's to stop serving
beef produced with antibiotics.

A recent report concluded that by 2050, drug-resistant bacteria could kill
10 million people worldwide every year.

So it's no surprise that the World Health Organization and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention consider antibiotic resistance to be one of
our planet's biggest health threats.

Today, nearly two-thirds of the drugs that are important to human medicine
get sold not to treat people — but for animals like cows and pigs in
factory farms. These precious medicines are often given to animals that
aren't even sick — they're receiving drugs on a routine basis to ward off
problems created by stressful, crowded conditions in which they're raised.

This overuse leads to the creation of "superbugs," which can make people
sick from infections that are harder or sometimes impossible to treat.

Over 90% of U.S. chicken is raised without antibiotics considered
medically important by the U.S. FDA. But there is almost no progress with
beef. That's why we need your help today.

[ [link removed] ]Help jump-start a new era in the restaurant industry — urge Wendy's to
protect life-saving medicine by getting its beef off drugs.

Yes, eating less meat is the best way to protect our planet and our
health. But we can also demand that meat be produced with more sustainable
practices. Less meat, better meat, healthier future.

Thank you for taking this quick action! With a president who's made clear
that protecting our health isn't high on his agenda, it's more important
than ever for huge beef buyers like Wendy's to take the lead in this fight
to save lives.

Sincerely,

Lena Brook
Director of Food Campaigns, NRDC


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safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
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