In-N-Out works with suppliers to move from beef raised with human antibiotics

In-N-Out Burger is working with suppliers to accelerate a move away from the use of human antibiotics in the production of beef used in the chain's burgers, the company said Thursday.

The statement from Irvine, Calif.-based In-N-Out Burger came in response to a campaign by a coalition of environmental and public health groups that has been pressuring a number of restaurant chains to stop using meat raised with low-dose antibiotics. Previous targets have included McDonald's, KFC, Olive Garden and Subway.

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The coalition includes CALPIRG Education Fund, Friends of the Earth, the Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union and blogger/activist Vani Hari, known as Food Babe, among others. The coalition said it has been passing out literature at In-N-Out locations and encouraged social media pressure under the hashtags #InNOutSaveABX and #InNOutBurgers.

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