The popular fast food chain Chick-fil-A is Said Starting in the spring of 2024, the company will remove the requirement that the chicken it serves be “free of antibiotics” and switch to “free of antibiotics important to human medicine.”
”NAE This means that no antibiotics of any kind are used in raising the animals. Naim Limiting the use of antibiotics that are important to human medicine and commonly used to treat people, and allowing the use of veterinary antibiotics only when animals and the people around them become ill.” the company explained.
“As we look to the future, we are concerned about the availability of high-quality chicken that meets our rigorous standards,” a Chick-fil-A spokesperson said in a statement. report. “This change will allow us to not only continue to provide high-quality chicken, but also deliver chicken that meets the expectations our customers have come to expect from us.”
2014, Chick-fil-A announced Our goal is to only serve chicken that is raised without antibiotics. shown It is said that they achieved that goal in 2019.
The company’sanimal welfare standardsThe standard states that chickens should be “hatched, raised, and harvested within the United States” and “raised with adequate nutrition,” and the standard states that “chickens should be kept free, not in cages.” It stipulates that there must be a walkable, climate-controlled barn.
“Chick-fil-A® restaurants in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico will transition to chicken raised on chicken meat raised without antibiotics important to human medicine (NAIHM) starting in spring 2024. , the use of chicken antibiotics that does not use antibiotics important to animal health is permitted. “If that animal becomes sick, it will be treated with an antibiotic that is not intended for humans,” according to FDA requirements. All antibiotics must be removed from the chicken’s body before it can be considered available for supply,” Chick-fil-A said on the show. Website.
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