WATT PoultryUSA - November 2016 - 18
18 ❙ WATTPoultryUSA Is responsible antibiotic use in poultry viable? The Certified Responsible Antibiotic Use (CRAU) standard for poultry production is an alternative to "No Antibiotics Ever" (NAE) poultry with lower production costs and no need for secondary markets. Poultry producers are all too familiar with nongovernmental organizations asking them for the moon in cost-raising initiatives for doing "good" but, if adopted, these initiatives would drive poultry prices higher. Now two public charities have a plan for reducing antibiotic use in poultry while moderating the resulting price increases. School Food Focus and Pew Charitable Trusts developed the Certified Responsible Antibiotic Use Standard (CRAU) in 2015 to minimize the use of antibiotics in poultry production and offer schools a more economical way to put that poultry on the menu. Under the CRAU standard, the therapeutic use of antibiotics with analogues in human medicine must be rare, well documented and prescribed by a veterinarian. No administration of antibiotics is permitted www.WATTAgNet.com ❙ November 2016 School Food Focus BY GARY THORNTON
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