Chick-Fil-A backtracks from its no-antibiotics-in-chicken pledge, blames projected supply shortages
Chick-Fil-A, the fast-food chain known for its delicious chicken sandwiches, has recently backtracked from its decade-old pledge of serving chicken without antibiotics. Their initial commitment to providing antibiotic-free chicken was intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance linked to the widespread use of these drugs in livestock production. However, the company has now shifted its stance to a standard called “no antibiotics important to human medicine,” which limits the use of animal antibiotics to cases of actual animal illness.
Many speculate that this move by Chick-Fil-A is a result of projected supply shortages, which has forced them to embrace antibiotics in their chicken production.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker