Source: Lisa M. Keefe, MEATINGPLACE, 10/17/14


Perdue Farms’ Simply Smart brand of fully cooked, frozen breaded products are now USDA Process Verified for being made from chickens raised with no antibiotics ever, the company announced in a news release.

The No-Antibiotics-Ever products will begin appearing in the frozen food section of stores in October and November.
"Being able to assure [consumers] that the chicken used in Perdue Simply Smart products is raised without antibiotics follows that same 'keep it simple' philosophy that has made these items so popular with consumers,"? said Chairman Jim Perdue.

The "No Antibiotics Ever" assurance is on all Perdue Simply Smart packages, along with the new "Raised Cage-free in the U.S." Process Verified claim.

As with all Perdue products, the Simply Smart line is also USDA Process Verified for chickens raised on an all-vegetarian diet with no animal byproducts. All Perdue products are from chickens that never receive antibiotics for growth promotion or human-use antibiotics in the feed, but the Simply Smart products go the extra step of assuring that the chickens used in those products were raised with no antibiotics ever.

"Consumers are increasingly interested in how their food is raised and where it comes from, and our USDA Process Verified Programs help us answer those questions," Perdue said.

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