Recent reports in The New York Times or Food Business Review revealed that the USDA pulled the plug on Tyson Foods Antibiotic Free label after finding ionophores in their feeding program. Ionophores have been used as antibiotics in conventional poultry companies for years. As they stated in a letter written to Tyson Foods in early November, the USDA claimed that "the labels at issue were thus approved in error."

At FreeBird, instead of using antibiotics, we protect our flocks the natural way. We raise them in larger areas than conventional companies. Our chickens are FREE to roam. They're antibiotic-FREE with absolutely no ionophores. Free--Bird...The name is no coincidence. 

Healthy chickens don't need antibiotics added into their diets. As far as we're concerned, that kind of stuff just doesn't fly. At FreeBird chicken feed is real food made from pure soybeans and corn--not fillers and animal by-products. The fact is, we know what we serve them today is what our customers will be eating for dinner tomorrow. Ionophores are not on either menu.