Sonic Corporation

Sonic has a publicly available antibiotics policy on their website, which is part of their Animal Welfare policy.

Only poultry is covered by the company's policy, despite sourcing other species.

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The company's policy does not go beyond FDA guidance It states that "effective January 2017, poultry suppliers should only administer antimicrobial drugs to animals for the prevention, control and treatment of disease. Animals will be treated when necessary for animal welfare. Use of antibiotics that are medically important to humans, for the sole purpose of growth promotion is strictly prohibited. Per FDA Guidance 209 and 213, suppliers should not use medically important antimicrobials in food animals for production purposes; suppliers are also required to bring the therapeutic uses of such antimicrobials under the oversight of licensed veterinarians." However, the company continues to allow the use of antibiotics for disease prevention in healthy animals.

The policy came into effect as at January 2017, however it is not supported by any explicit targets to reduce antibiotics use or ensure supplier compliance by a certain timeline.

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The company states that it carries out comprehensive third-party audits on animal welfare for beef, poultry, and pork processing plants. However, it is unclear if antibiotics use is covered as part of these audits.

Sonic confirmed receipt of the investor letter but did not respond. The company has not met with the investor coalition.