Chick-fil-A Is Dropping Its ‘No Antibiotics’ Pledge on Chicken

Chick-fil-A says it will no longer adhere to its pledge of serving antibiotic-free chicken.

In a statement released Monday, the fast-food company said that starting this spring it would serve chicken that was free only of antibiotics “important to human medicine,” or those commonly used to treat people.

It said its poultry going forward may have been raised with animal antibiotics, though “only if the animal and those around it were to become sick.” The chicken will continue to be free of artificial preservatives, steroids and added hormones, it said.

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