Antibiotics Use | Methodology | Protein Producer Index

Antibiotics

Assessing Company Management and Performance on Antibiotics Policies

KPI	Protein Scope	Operational Scope	Sub-KPIs and Best Practice Criteria
Policy on antibiotics use	All proteins	Hatcheries, Farm	Policy on antibiotics use • The company has a policy to use antibiotics only for animals with clinical evidence of an infectious disease. • The company discloses measures taken to reduce the need for antibiotics, including those that improve animal health and welfare.
Disclosure of quantity of antibiotics used	All proteins	Hatcheries, Farm	Disclosure of quantity of antibiotics used • The company discloses the quantity and type of antibiotics used in standard units, and reports a reduction in usage between reporting periods. • The company explains reasons for antibiotic usage in the reporting period. • The company ensures third-party audits for antibiotic usage data.

KPI

Protein Scope

Operational Scope

Sub-KPIs and Best Practice Criteria

Policy on antibiotics use

All proteins

Hatcheries,

Farm

Policy on antibiotics use

• The company has a policy to use antibiotics only for animals with clinical evidence of an infectious disease.

• The company discloses measures taken to reduce the need for antibiotics, including those that improve animal health and welfare.

Disclosure of quantity of antibiotics used

All proteins

Hatcheries,

Farm

Disclosure of quantity of antibiotics used

• The company discloses the quantity and type of antibiotics used in standard units, and reports a reduction in usage between reporting periods.

• The company explains reasons for antibiotic usage in the reporting period.

• The company ensures third-party audits for antibiotic usage data.

Note: There were no changes between the 2023 and 2024 iterations of the methodology.

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