A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday ordering Tyson Foods to withdraw advertisements claiming its chickens are “raised without antibiotics that impact antibiotic resistance in humans.”
Tyson said it would appeal the decision.
The ruling was made by Judge Richard D. Bennett in the United States District Court in Baltimore.
Two competitors, Sanderson Farms and Perdue Farms, had objected to the ads by Tyson and said Tyson had injected its eggs with antibiotics and used antibiotic molecules in its feed.
Read the full New York Times story here.
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