Could this be a good thing?
You might also like their pledge to serve chicken that wasnt treated with antibiotics.
But some of this is changing.
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“NAE means no antibiotics of any kind were used in raising the animal.
What Does This Mean?
The antibiotics kept illness at bay in chickens who often lived in cramped growing conditions.
And about 70% of those were antibiotics that are important in treating human illness.
Whats the big deal?
When this happens, if you were to get sick and needed an antibiotic, it might not work.
And this could have serious consequences.
These numbers are what caused the CDC to declare antimicrobial resistance as an urgent global public health threat.
So many companies, including Chick-fil-A, followed suit.
Its the bacteria that create the hazard, not the antibiotics on their own.
The birds are randomly sampled to test for antibiotic residues, bacteria and other pathogens.
The USDA states that data from this monitoring program shows a very low percentage of residue violations.
