Tyson Recall
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Associated Press
Published: Tue, June 03, 2008 - 8:32 am
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 8:34 am
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 8:34 am
withdraw" advertising and labels claiming that its poultry
products don't contain antibiotics, after a federal court issued an
injunction stopping the practice.
In a statement issued yesterday, the world's largest meat
producer said it notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture it
would stop using the "raised without antibiotics" chicken label.
Tyson had claimed it based the slogan on the absence of any
antibiotic believed to affect humans.
A federal judge in Baltimore had set a May 15th deadline to stop
Tyson from running any of the advertisements. The injunction came
after competitors, Maryland-based Perdue Farms and
Mississippi-based Sanderson Farms sued claiming Tyson's advertising
was misleading.
Tyson appealed the ruling, but a federal appeals court in
Virginia denied a motion to stay the order.
The Arkansas-based company operates poultry processing plants in
Albertville and Blountsville.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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