{"id":3669,"date":"2022-04-20T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmforward1.wpengine.com\/?p=3669"},"modified":"2024-09-10T16:46:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:46:26","slug":"timeline-of-farm-forwards-antibiotics-testing-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/timeline-of-farm-forwards-antibiotics-testing-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline of Farm Forward&#8217;s Antibiotics Testing &#038; Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"normal_content bg-white padding-top-small padding-bottom-large\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row center-md\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-styled\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class='responsive-video'><iframe width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bd2q7EvUjXM?feature=oembed' frameborder='0' allow='accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture' allowfullscreen=''><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>October 2, 2020<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward publishes a blog, \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/why-we-resigned-from-the-board-of-the-nations-largest-animal-welfare-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why We Resigned from the Board of the Nation\u2019s Largest Animal Welfare Certification<\/a><\/em>,\u201d explaining our April 2020 departure from the board of Global Animal Partnership (GAP), the certification used by Whole Foods Market, after more than a decade of service. In it, we explain that, despite years of effort, the certification had become a marketing tool for factory farming corporations instead of meaningfully raising the bar for animal welfare.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 8\/25\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>December 30, 2020<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward\u2019s report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/publications\/the-dirt-on-humanewashing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0The Dirt on Humanewashing<\/a>,\u201d reveals how the certified \u201cbetter\u201d meat dominating grocery shelves, including Whole Foods\u2019 Animal Welfare Certified\u2122\u00a0 meat, come from genetically modified animals who suffer in filthy, cruel conditions.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 8\/25\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>May, 2021 <\/strong>\u2014 Farm Forward receives a <a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hyjvcxzjt\/image\/upload\/v1650489392\/resource\/farm-forward-downloads-labels-trilogy-mone-ccdc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">positive result<\/a> from National Organic Program and Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Animal Welfare Certified\u2122 beef purchased from Whole Foods Market for monensin sodium, a growth-promoting antibiotic ionophore prohibited by both programs.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>September, 2021<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/issues\/animal-product-labeling\/survey-confusion-welfare-labels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commissions a survey from YouGov<\/a> of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers and their beliefs about meat labels. It finds that 25 percent incorrectly believe that \u201cantibiotic-free\u201d means animals are raised on pasture, and 32 percent incorrectly believe that \u201cantibiotic-free\u201d indicates high welfare. Additionally, nearly half of consumers expect GAP\u2019s Animal Welfare Certified\u2122 label to guarantee that animals are not given antibiotics.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>February, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward receives <a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hyjvcxzjt\/image\/upload\/v1651531917\/resource\/farm-forward-downloads-labels-hri-report-dd87.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eight additional positive results for antiparasitic drugs<\/a> in cattle and turkey products sold at multiple Whole Foods stores and chicken products from Trader Joe\u2019s. Four GAP-certified beef products purchased from Whole Foods tested positive for fenbendazole; one GAP-certified turkey product from Whole Foods tested positive for clopidol; and two \u201cantibiotic-free\u201d chicken products from Trader Joe\u2019s tested positive for fenbendazole. These antiparasitic drugs are banned by the National Organic Program, but not by GAP. In our testing, these antiparasitic drugs did not appear in Certified Organic products.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>February, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Experts consulted to confirm the implications of each of the positive results for the claims made by the retailers and certifications implicated by the findings. Farm Forward shares its findings with a <em>Washington Post<\/em> reporter investigating antibiotic use in animal agriculture.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>March 30, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward\u2019s blog, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/2022\/03\/29\/whole-foods-better-chicken-isnt-what-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Whole Foods\u2019 \u2018Better\u2019 Chicken Isn\u2019t What You Think<\/em><\/a>,\u201d highlights how GAP\u2019s new genetic welfare standards, framed as \u201creinvent[ing] the modern day broiler chicken,\u201d still allow genetic modification for fast growth in ways that are known to produce leg deformities, muscle myopathies, and weakened immune systems.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 8\/25\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 5, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/farm-forward-finds-drugs-in-certified-meat-at-whole-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishes the results<\/a>\u00a0of its drug testing program and launches a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/take-action\/end-whole-foods-humanewashing\/\">consumer petition targeting Whole Foods<\/a>. Emails on behalf of petition signers are sent to Whole Foods on a rolling basis.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 5, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/agilitypr.news\/Farm-Forward-Finds-Drugs-in-Certified-Me-30829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issues a press release<\/a> about the results of its drug testing program.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 7, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abj1823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Science<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abj1823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0publishes a peer-reviewed study<\/a> co-authored by researchers at George Washington University\u2019s Antibiotic Resistance Action Center (ARAC) and an antibiotics testing company, FoodID, revealing that residues of medically important antibiotics are pervasive in animals marketed as \u201cantibiotic-free\u201d and certified by GAP.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 7, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 ARAC <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2022-04-antibiotics-beef-cattle-lacks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishes a press release on Phys.org<\/a>. Arizona\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kjzz.org\/content\/1770159\/antibiotic-free-meat-dont-be-so-sure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">radio station KJZZ<\/a> is the first to cover the story.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 7, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/04\/07\/antibiotics-found-in-natural-meat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/04\/07\/antibiotics-found-in-natural-meat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0posts an article<\/a>\u00a0about the article published in\u00a0<em>Science<\/em>, affirming Farm Forward\u2019s findings. Though Farm Forward was interviewed extensively for the story, a decision was made by the paper just before the article\u2019s publication to omit any mention of Farm Forward, including Farm Forward\u2019s test results and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/why-we-resigned-from-the-board-of-the-nations-largest-animal-welfare-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its former role on GAP\u2019s Board of Directors<\/a>. The article included an inaccurate assertion from a Whole Foods representative that Whole Foods had \u201cno reason to believe that the cattle tested in this study ended up in products in [its] stores.\u201d Whole Foods&#8217; leadership was informed that Farm Forward had found antibiotic residue in meat sold on its shelves prior to the story&#8217;s release.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 7, 2022 <\/strong>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/more-drugs-found-in-antibiotic-free-meat-certified-by-global-animal-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farm Forward publishes a blog<\/a> titled \u201c<em>More drugs found in \u2018antibiotic-free\u2019 meat certified by Global Animal Partnership<\/em>,\u201d discussing the <em>Science<\/em> study\u2019s findings, which corroborate the results of Farm Forward\u2019s own testing.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 7, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward submits a <a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hyjvcxzjt\/image\/upload\/v1650490283\/resource\/farm-forward-downloads-labels-letter-to-th-2ba5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter to the editor<\/a> to the <em>Washington Post<\/em> including some of the data that was omitted from the article. The LTE is not run.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 8, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Action was joined by the American Grassfed Association in <a href=\"https:\/\/farmaction.us\/2022\/04\/08\/farm-groups-urge-usda-to-investigate-whole-foods-antibiotic-free-claims-for-public-safety-and-market-fairness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issuing a press release<\/a>, calling on the USDA to investigate Whole Foods\u2019 \u201cantibiotic-free\u201d claims in the wake of Farm Forward\u2019s and the <em>Science<\/em> study\u2019s findings.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 8, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Articles appear in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/equilibrium-sustainability\/3261848-beef-advertised-as-raised-without-antibiotics-may-have-antibiotics-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/antibiotics\/no-antibiotic-claims-on-beef-may-not-be-reliable-a3433700667\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consumer Reports<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/a-to-z-guides\/news\/20220408\/no-antibiotics-beef-tests-positive-study-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WebMD<\/a>, calling into question \u201cantibiotic-free\u201d claims based on the Science data but excluding Farm Forward\u2019s findings.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 8, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Industry outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agweb.com\/news\/livestock\/beef\/fsis-asked-recall-beef-over-failed-antibiotic-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>AgWeb<\/em> is the first to cover<\/a> Farm Action\u2019s request to the USDA along with Farm Forward\u2019s data.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 12, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chloesorvino\/2022\/04\/12\/fresh-take-what-it-takes-to-feed-ukraine-the-2022-dirty-dozen-and-is-it-really-antibiotic-free\/?sh=37460eaa5dc1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Forbes<\/em>\u00a0covers<\/a> the <em>Science<\/em> study, highlighting that \u201cmore than a quarter of the cattle sampled from the Global Animal Partnership welfare certification program, used by Whole Foods and hundreds of other retailers and meat purchasers, had at least one positive test.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 12, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafetynews.com\/2022\/04\/studies-call-into-question-raised-without-antibiotics-claims-whole-foods-named\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Food Safety News<\/em><\/a> writes about the <em>Science<\/em> study and Farm Forward\u2019s findings, reiterating Whole Foods\u2019 claim that \u201cno retailer is identified by the study,\u201d despite Farm Forward\u2019s results coming from meat purchased at Whole Foods.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 14, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward\u2019s petition reaches 1,000 signatures.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 14, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/the-drugs-farm-forward-found-hiding-in-your-meat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farm Forward publishes a blog<\/a> titled \u201c<em>The Drugs Farm Forward Found Hiding in Your Meat<\/em>,\u201d detailing the methodology and implications of its drug testing results.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 14, 2022 <\/strong>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/sentientmedia.org\/antibiotic-residue-found-antibiotic-free-meat-at-whole-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sentient Media<\/em> publishes an article<\/a> on Farm Forward\u2019s data entitled \u201c<em>Antibiotic Residue Found in Antibiotic-Free Meat at Whole Foods<\/em>.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 15, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward\u2019s Executive Director, Andrew deCoriolis, sends a letter to supporters and other stakeholders, including Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, about the drug testing results.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 16, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bd2q7EvUjXM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> about the antibiotics found in Whole Foods\u2019 meat was played 50,000 times between Facebook and Twitter.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 20, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/issues\/antibiotics-public-health\/how-can-antibiotic-free-meat-contain-antibiotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishes a blog<\/a> titled \u201c<em>How can \u201cantibiotic-free\u201d meat contain antibiotics? Simple: Nobody\u2019s watching<\/em>,\u201d highlighting the absence of any testing to verify \u201cantibiotic-free\u201d claims, while companies charge premiums on factory farmed products with these labels.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 4\/20\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>May, 2022 <\/strong>\u2014 Farm Forward submits an <a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hyjvcxzjt\/image\/upload\/v1653491443\/ffblog\/censored-ad-exposing-whole-foods-antibiotics-deception-1653491431.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ad calling Whole Foods&#8217; &#8220;no antibiotics, ever&#8221; promise into question<\/a>\u00a0to Seattle and Austin airport and public transit agencies (hometowns of Whole Foods and its parent, Amazon, respectively) in advance of Amazon&#8217;s annual shareholder meeting. Officials (including Seattle&#8217;s Sound Transit, which maintains a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundtransit.org\/blog\/platform\/local-stakeholders-amazon-help-get-our-region-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial relationship<\/a> with Amazon) reject the advertisement because of its &#8220;controversial&#8221; nature.<br \/>\n<em>(Posted to timeline 7\/5\/22)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>May 24, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/hyjvcxzjt\/image\/upload\/v1653416448\/resource\/farm-forward-downloads-labels-appeal-lette-58b6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farm Forward issues a formal appeal<\/a> of the agencies&#8217; decisions on First Amendment grounds, explaining that placing the PSA on publicly operated spaces like the Seattle and Austin airports and public transit would provide an important public service.<br \/>\n(<em>Posted to timeline 7\/5\/22<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>May 25, 2022<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward runs its ad during Amazon&#8217;s shareholder meeting on cell phones in Austin and Seattle, as well as in the hometown cities of Amazon&#8217;s top 10 shareholders, reaching over 90,000 people, and publishes a blog entitled, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/censored-ad-exposing-whole-foods-antibiotics-deception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Censored: Ad Exposing Whole Foods\u2019 Antibiotics Deception<\/a>.&#8221;<em>(Posted to timeline 7\/5\/22)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>March 30, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 In collaboration with the Animal Welfare Institute, Farm Forward consults with Senator Blumenthal\u2019s (D-CT) office to encourage them to take action with the USDA to protect consumers from humanewashing, leading to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/us-senators-ask-usda-to-review-humanely-raised-and-sustainably-raised-labels\/\">letter being sent<\/a> to the USDA by four senators asking to review the integrity of animal welfare claims like \u201chumanely raised\u201d and \u201csustainably raised\u201d on meat products.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><em>(Posted to timeline 9\/22\/23)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>June 14, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 The USDA announces changes to the guidelines meat companies must follow if they want to label their products as \u201chumanely raised,\u201d \u201cfree range,\u201d or \u201craised without antibiotics.\u201d Farm Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/usdas-latest-changes-to-meat-labels-are-a-step-in-the-right-direction-but-more-is-needed\/\">praises<\/a> this step in the right direction while acknowledging its limitations. <em>(Posted to timeline 9\/22\/23)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 2, 2023\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Tyson Foods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/retail-consumer\/tyson-foods-drop-no-antibiotics-ever-label-some-chicken-products-wsj-2023-07-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announces it will reintroduce certain antibiotics to its chicken supply chain<\/a> and would drop the &#8220;no antibiotics ever&#8221; tagline from Tyson-branded chicken products. <em>(Posted to timeline 3\/21\/24)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 25, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 A federal judge in California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/judge-rules-lawsuit-against-whole-foods-can-proceed\/\">rules<\/a> that the consumer protection lawsuit alleging Whole Foods Market falsely advertised its beef as \u201cno antibiotics, ever\u201d can proceed. The judge also denied Whole Foods\u2019 motion to stay discovery, which opens the door to Whole Foods turning over key information about their suppliers.<em> (Posted to timeline 9\/22\/23)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>August 15, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/farm-forwards-letter-to-the-usda-advocates-for-more-transparency-in-meat-labeling\/\">sends a letter<\/a> to the Deputy Undersecretary of Food Safety at the USDA, Sandra Eskin, recommending ways in which the USDA can further improve meat labeling and protect consumers from misleading claims and certifications.<em> (Posted to timeline 9\/22\/23)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>August 25, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Farm Forward releases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/farm-forward-survey-humanewashing-erodes-consumer-trust\/\">the results<\/a> of a major new consumer survey conducted with Data for Progress. The survey underscores the reality that consumers have high expectations for animal welfare that meat companies and retailers are not yet meeting and that companies risk eroding the trust of their consumers if they continue to humanewash. The Data for Progress report is covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/weekly-agriculture\/2023\/08\/21\/eats-opposition-hits-congress-00112040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico&#8217;s<\/a> agricultural reporting.\u00a0<em>(Posted to timeline 9\/22\/23)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>September 7, 2023<\/strong> \u2014 Agricultural research outlet Ambrook Research publishes a <a href=\"https:\/\/ambrook.com\/research\/livestock\/antibiotic-labeling-livestock-usda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comprehensive article<\/a> detailing the failures of antibiotic-free labeling. The piece quotes Farm Forward\u2019s Executive Director, Andrew DeCoriolis, throughout.\u00a0<em>(Posted to timeline 9\/22\/23)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong> Early 2024 <\/strong>\u2014 The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) completes its sampling program designed to assess antibiotic residues in cattle marked as &#8220;raised without antibiotics. The testing program was initiated after Farm Forward&#8217;s joint letter to the USDA was sent last year<em>. (Posted to timeline 3\/21\/24)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Late February 2024 <\/strong>\u2014Panera Bread began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/panera-loosens-animal-welfare-ingredients-standards-ahead-ipo-internal-documents-2024-03-06\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removing in-store signs and artwork mentioning &#8220;No Antibiotics Ever,&#8221;<\/a> among other animal welfare claims, as part of a policy shift ahead of its planned IPO. Loosening their animal welfare standards is estimated to save them $21 million. <em>(Posted to timeline 3\/21\/24)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>March 25, 2024\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Chick-fil-A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/chick-fil-a-antibiotics-chickens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abandons<\/a> its &#8216;no antibiotics ever&#8217; chicken promise, and will shift to the &#8216;No Antibiotics Important To Human Medicine&#8217; designation. (<em>Posted to timeline 4\/2\/2024)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>August 29, 2024<\/strong> &#8211; Farm Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/news\/usda-conspiring-with-meat-companies-to-humanewash-with-false-antibiotic-free-labels\/\">responds<\/a> to a USDA testing program that found that at least 20 percent of tested cattle samples labeled \u201craised without antibiotics\u201d or \u201cno antibiotics ever\u201d tested positive for antibiotics. USDA buries the findings and reports no punitive action. (<em>Posted to timeline 9\/10\/2024<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To be kept in the loop as more on this story unfolds, please consider subscribing to our newsletter, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporting our efforts<\/a> to expose the truth about our food system, and offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/issues\/food-system-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actual solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history of Farm Forward&#8217;s efforts to reveal the truth behind Whole Foods advertising practices around animal products tells its own tale. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21,27,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-product-labeling","category-antibiotics","category-humanewashing","category-legislation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.farmforward.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}