The company will report progress annually, beginning with
this year’s 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 Foods. “We’re confident
our meat and poultry products are safe, but want to do our part to responsibly
reduce human antibiotics on the farm so these medicines can continue working
when they’re needed to treat illness.”
“Given the progress we’ve already made reducing antibiotics
in our broilers, we believe it’s realistic to shoot for zero by the end of our
2017 fiscal year. But we won’t jeopardize animal wellbeing just to get there.
We’ll use the best available treatments to keep our chickens healthy, under
veterinary supervision,” Smith said.
