Recently, media, researchers and consumers have focused attention on antibiotic use in chicken production, leaving health care professionals, as well as the general public, with questions.

Chicken Farmers of Canada supports the judicious use of antibiotics that have been approved by the Veterinary Drugs Directorate of Health Canada, in order to ensure food safety, animal health and animal welfare. Antibiotic use in chicken production is for the treatment of birds, to reduce disease and to reduce any potential food safety problems. Antibiotics play an integral role in providing a safe product for consumers so that only healthy birds enter the food chain for consumption.