Perdue Foods responds to “consumer concerns” on antibiotics use

Perdue Foods Inc. says it has reached a milestone in its program to eliminate the use of human antibiotics in its chickens by removing the use of all antibiotics in its hatcheries. The company noted that it spent the last 12 years adjusting its use of antibiotics in chickens – which now exceed standards set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December 2013 – during a news conference this morning in Washington, D.C.  Read More