Chick-fil-A announces changes to its chicken. Here's why and when

(WXIA) Chick-fil-A announced Friday that it will soon be making a slight change with its famous chicken.

The Atlanta-based fast-food chain said it will shift from a No Antibiotics Ever (NAE) to No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM) starting this spring in order to "maintain supply of the high-quality-chicken you expect from us."

Customers who have the Chick-fil-A app downloaded got a memo from the restaurant letting its loyal patrons know about the new change. On its website, Chick-fil-A explained that NAE chicken means that no antibiotics were ever used in raising the animal.

However, they explain that NAIHM "restricts the use of those antibiotics that are important to human medicine and commonly used to treat people, and allows use of animal antibiotics only if the animal and those around it were to become sick."

Livestock producers have long used antibiotics to boost rapid weight gain in animals such as chickens, pigs, cows and sheep, improving the profitability of their businesses. Over the past decade, however, many nations, including the United States, have begun to restrict the practice as evidence mounted that it was contributing to drug resistance and reducing the effectiveness of antibiotics against disease in humans.

[stuartgray]

My family typically eats at Chick-fil-a about 4 times a week for a ~$35 bill.
Their chicken is one of the few fast foods that does not bother my Crohn's.

So They will be losing the ~$7000 a year from my family ALONE.

[trickyplays]

Chick fil a is following along with others, time to look elsewhere to eat

[HER-psychology]

And I came here to say it doesn’t even taste as good anymore 😢

[angelsotired]

quality of chicken going down while prices stay up 👍🏾

[NinaBarber-oj]

I tell you what that I do know I won’t be buying Chick-fil-A anymore and it breaks my heart because I trusted them but no longer do I believe the bullshit that they are trying to pass on to consumers

[oddsbodkins]

Its all about the money....next thing ya know theyll be open on all mighty....in this case the dollar rules....chick has sold out

[RedPandaMafia]

I thought thats the whole reason why their chicken sandwiches were 6 dollars… 😅

[JennieKelley-ln]

I thought it was my taste buds. My grandkids was saying how it tastes different. Now I know it’s not my taste buds it’s a big difference. I don’t like it at all and now my grandkids will not eat it. I’m like what in the world is going on well, that’s it for me. I didn’t care for it at all.

[JavierDiaz-oszs]

They can say what they want, but the truth is they spike the chicken with MSG twice. This is why they have cars wrapped around the stores that sell the same exact crap other fast food stores sell. Its the msg that brings people back, not the chicken itself but the artificial substance they put in the batter and the chicken. They do not have special or different chicken nor is it better than the competitors. Its all the same bird, its just prepared differently. MSG is not only addictive but it has other side effects like migraines, irregular heartbeats, sweating, nausea, numbness and chest pains. This eventually will get regulated more but for now they are making too much money with this scheme so nobody will do anything until the American way comes through which is nothing done until chaos occurs. I'm perfectly fine eating MSG free chicken for half the price and not worry about addiction or side effects. And to top it off they reverted back against the "no antibiotics" which makes no sense at all. For all those wondering why they feel like crap, enjoy your chick fil a.

[Mark-inju]

That should reduce the price slightly.

[Jjjjjjjjj]

Okay but how does that chemical affect humans who are ingesting it from their food?

[dropsixteentvtv]

Brah we shouldn't eat animals shot up with all these chemicals. Now i can't even enjoy chick fila, smfh! It was like the only fast food I ate!

[nelleja]

Just had my first chick fila sandwich since they changed it. It reminded me of McDonalds or jack in the box chicken sandwich or a frozen chicken patty. It was chunky like they blended bits and pieces of chicken into a “patty” shape 😢

[Deathwish]

I just got a stomach bug off the new cfa chicken, looks like I’ll be going elsewhere now

[alexroberts]

I couldn’t even eat the sandwich anymore it’s texture is different and it’s been like this the last few months

[alexroberts]

I couldn’t even eat the sandwich anymore

[voyagetravel]

The amount of trust we put into ficticious entities we call corporations is wild. You can trace all of Americas problems back to corporate greed.

[DctrGizmo]

Time to stop eating at Chik-fil-a. What a huge downgrade…

[billymuellerTikTok]

just got a new sandwich last night and it sucked

[garynelson]

Initial taste is similar but an hour later you are left with a feeling you ate slime and you didn't realize it.