Chicken farmers and producers take pride in the care of their broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat), and the fact is that chickens are as healthy as they’ve ever been. But we know it’s on us as an industry to do a better job of...
Chicken farmers and producers take pride in the care of their broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat), and the fact is that chickens are as healthy as they’ve ever been. But we know it’s on us as an industry to do a better job of...
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) places federal inspectors in every chicken processing plant to monitor the processing line to ensure all chicken is safe and meets USDA and FDA standards. Chicken consistently has the safest record of...
The business of chicken is a key facet of the American economy and dinner plate. This infographic provides a snapshot into how Americans ate, purchased and raised chicken in 2017. ...
To help explain the rest of how chickens are slaughtered and processed for meat, we’ve broken it down into this infographic on the poultry processing line....
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The health of the flock is the number one priority of chicken farmers. After all, it’s not only the right thing to do – it makes good business sense!...
The Chicken Guarantees are a set of industry-wide standards for broiler chicken welfare principles that apply to American-raised broiler chickens. The Chicken Guarantees are welfare standards that not only serve as a benchmark for the broiler chicken industry – but as a consumer guarantee....
The Chicken Guarantees are a set of welfare standards that serve as a benchmark for the broiler chicken industry – and they’re also simple consumer guarantees. The Chicken Guarantees encompass chicken meat products of every kind found at grocery stores, restaurants and cafeterias in the U.S. to...
There are 3 reasons why antibiotics are given to chickens: to help keep chickens healthy, prevent animal suffering and to minimize environmental impacts....
