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Investors call on Sanderson, Denny's, McDonald's to cut antibiotics

December 14, 2017 6:21 AM EST

By Lisa Baertlein

(Reuters) - An investor coalition that presses for corporate responsibility is calling on U.S. food companies McDonald's Corp, Denny's Corp and Sanderson Farms Inc to stop buying or producing meat raised with medically important antibiotics.

Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have filed shareholder resolutions at each of the companies, ICCR said in a statement on Thursday.

If the resolutions are not successfully challenged by the companies, they will come up for vote at the companies' next shareholders meetings.

ICCR members, alongside other... More