SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods Inc. says it is striving to eliminate the use of human antibiotics from its U.S. broiler chicken flocks by the end of September 2017.
The company will report annually on its progress, beginning with its fiscal 2015 Sustainability Report. Tyson Foods has already stopped using all antibiotics in its 35 broiler hatcheries, requires a veterinary prescription for antibiotics used on broiler farms and has reduced human antibiotics used to treat broiler chickens by more than 80 percent since 2011.
“Antibiotic resistant infections are a global health concern,” said Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson. . .
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