antibiotics: your questions answered

Superbugs, resistance, antibiotics in food, you’ve heard all about it. In fact, there’ve been a lot of stories lately that may have fuelled concern about the use of antibiotics in chicken and the potential for antibiotic resistance.

We know you have questions. This part of the site has been created to answer them.
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Questions & Answers

CFC is committed to ensuring the safety of the Canadian chicken supply. CFC works closely with industry and government experts to prevent disease, illness, cross-contamination or anything that would put the Canadian food supply at risk. The fact is that healthy birds are the only birds that enter into the Canadian food stream.

Videos

Dr. Martine Boulianne, Chair of Poultry Research, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Université de Montréal, is an expert on this subject and has a lot of great information about chicken and antibiotics. We’ve obtained some important video that answers some key questions that you may have.

Other Resources

This page provides a list of links to external websites and documents with information and other resources pertaining to antibiotic usage in chicken farming, including governments and partner organizations.