Sanderson Farms to Continue Using Antibiotics in Meat
On Thursday, a Sanderson Farms Inc. shareholder proposal to stop the use of medically important antibiotics for animal growth and disease prevention did not pass with enough votes.
Sanderson Farms is one of the largest poultry producers in the U.S. and is now one of the only poultry companies not committed to limiting the use of antibiotics in its meat products. The company only uses antibiotics to prevent disease in its chickens, not for enhanced growth. Those antibiotics include gentamicin and virginiamycin.