Chick-fil-A Relaxes No Antibiotics Chicken Policy Due to Sourcing Challenges

• Chick-fil-A is dropping its "no antibiotics ever" pledge for chicken and moving to a standard that allows some antibiotic use • The previous policy was intended to reduce human antibiotic resistance, a major public health threat • The new policy still bans antibiotics important for human medicine, but allows others for illness treatment • Sourcing chicken with no antibiotics at all is becoming more difficult and costly • Chick-fil-A says it will maintain other standards like no fillers, preservatives, or added hormones in its chicken