Chick-fil-A backtracks from its no-antibiotics-in-chicken pledge. Here's why - Gainesville Times

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Chick-fil-A backtracks from its no-antibiotics-in-chicken pledge. Here's why

Cars fill up the drive-thru lanes Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Chick-fil-A on Dawsonville Highway. - photo by Scott Rogers

03172020 RESTAURANTS 2.jpg — Cars fill up the drive-thru lanes Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Chick-fil-A on Dawsonville Highway. - photo by Scott Rogers

The fast-food chain Chick-fil-A backtracked from its decade-old “no antibiotics ever” pledge intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance linked to the rampant use of the drugs in livestock production.