--- title: Tyson To Stop Using Human Antibiotics in Its Chickens description: Tyson Foods, one of the world's largest producers of chicken, announced on Tuesday that it plans to eliminate human antibiotics from its chicken flocks by the end of September 2017. canonical: https://time.com/3838200/tyson-to-stop-using-human-antibiotics-on-its-chickens/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-28T15:40:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:44:41.046Z article:section: Health og:title: Tyson To Stop Using Human Antibiotics in Its Chickens og:description: Tyson Foods, one of the world's largest producers of chicken, announced on Tuesday that it plans to eliminate human antibiotics from its chicken flocks by the end of September 2017. og:url: https://time.com/3838200/tyson-to-stop-using-human-antibiotics-on-its-chickens/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tyson To Stop Using Human Antibiotics in Its Chickens twitter:description: Tyson Foods, one of the world's largest producers of chicken, announced on Tuesday that it plans to eliminate human antibiotics from its chicken flocks by the end of September 2017. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Tyson to Stop Using Human Antibiotics On Its Chickens by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 28, 2015 3:40 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 28, 2015 3:40 PM UTC Tyson Foods, one of the world’s largest producers of chicken, announced on Tuesday that it plans to eliminate human antibiotics from its chicken flocks by the end of September 2017. The move comes amid public health concerns over the over-use of antibiotics in farming and in humans, and how it can contribute to the growing global problem of antibiotic resistance. “We’re confident our meat and poultry products are safe, but want to do our part to responsibly reduce human antibiotics on the farm so these medicines can continue working when they’re needed to treat illness,” Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson Foods said [in a statement issued by Tyson](http://www.tysonfoods.com/Media/News-Releases/2015/04/Antibiotics-Announcement.aspx).v ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3838200/tyson-to-stop-using-human-antibiotics-on-its-chickens/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3838200/tyson-to-stop-using-human-antibiotics-on-its-chickens/"},"headline":"Tyson to Stop Using Human Antibiotics On Its Chickens","datePublished":"2015-04-28T15:40:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:44:41.046Z","description":"The company plans to eliminate use in 2017","url":"https://time.com/3838200/tyson-to-stop-using-human-antibiotics-on-its-chickens/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","Chicken","antibiotic resistance","antibiotics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3838200/tyson-to-stop-using-human-antibiotics-on-its-chickens/","name":"Tyson to Stop Using Human Antibiotics On Its Chickens"}}]}] ```