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Sanderson Farms faces shareholder vote on curbing antibiotic use
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sanderson Farms Inc investors on Thursday will vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the third-largest U.S. poultry producer phase out the use of medically important antibiotics for growth promotion and disease prevention. Sanderson is the only large U.S. chicken producer that has not made a commitment to limit its use of those drugs, as public health experts raise the alarm about the link between farm use of antibiotics and the rise of human infections from drug-resistant bacteria, also known as "superbugs." Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a major proxy advisory firm, recommended investors vote for the proposal, saying industry and regulatory trends are moving toward antibiotic-free chicken production.
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