CONTACT: Julie DeYoung Perdue Media Relations 410-­‐341-­‐2193 [email protected] Perdue Foodservice launches No Antibiotics Ever chicken products for K-­‐12 school segment Company continues to respond to customer and consumer concern about overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture Perdue Foodservice announces the launch of seven no-­‐antibiotics-­‐ever chicken products for K-­‐12 school lunch programs, including favorites such as a nugget, sandwich patty, chicken rings and popcorn chicken. Perdue Foodservice has also committed to converting additional school lunch products, sold under the KINGS DELIGHT®, CLUX DELUX® and PERDUE® labels, to no-­‐antibiotics-­‐
ever meat over the remainder of the 2014-­‐2015 school year. In addition to using meat from chickens raised with no-­‐antibiotics-­‐ever, Perdue Foodservice’s new K-­‐
12 products use simple ingredients and have reduced sodium levels. The products meet the School Food FOCUS – The Pew Charitable Trust Standard to Minimize the Use of Antibiotics in Poultry, as well as the standards of the Urban School Food Alliance. Together, these purchasing initiatives include many of the largest school districts in the U.S., serving more than 4 million students. “We’ve been providing consumers with the option for no-­‐antibiotics-­‐ever products since Perdue launched the HARVESTLAND® brand in 2007,” said Jennifer Armstrong, Director of Sales, K-­‐12 for Perdue Foodservice. “As a leader in no-­‐antibiotics-­‐ever production, it made sense for us to bring the same choice to school lunch programs. These include the kinds of chicken products most popular with students, and we’re now making them from chicken raised with absolutely no antibiotics ever.” “We were the first chicken company to give consumers the added assurance of USDA Process Verified Programs,” said Armstrong. “Now, school lunch programs carrying our no-­‐antibiotics-­‐ever USDA Process Verified products can offer these important attributes to their students, while at the same time reassuring parents that their kids are eating responsibly-­‐raised chicken.” For more information on Perdue’s K-­‐12 products, contact Jennifer Armstrong at 410-­‐341-­‐2797 or email [email protected]. For more information on Perdue Foodservice brands, please visit www.PerdueFoodservice.com or call 1-­‐888-­‐737-­‐3832.