Chick-fil-A Rolls Back Antibiotic-Free Pledge Due to Bird Flu Outbreak

Chick-fil-A will no longer adhere to its pledge of serving 100% antibiotic-free chicken, now only avoiding antibiotics commonly used in human medicine
The change comes amid an avian flu outbreak that has forced chicken farmers to use more antibiotics to treat sick birds
Chick-fil-A first made its no-antibiotics pledge in 2014
Other poultry producers like Tyson have also ended "no antibiotics ever" pledges recently due to bird flu outbreaks
The FDA is more concerned about animal use of human antibiotics than ones used solely for animal illnesses