"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Jason Quick wrote:
>>
>> "Arri London" > wrote in message
>> > Donna wrote:
>> >>
>> > Easy experiment: get a supermarket chicken (with added 'solution',
>> > hormones and antibiotics etc) [...]
>>
>> The use of hormones in poultry production has been illegal in the USA for
>> about 50 years now.
>
> Illegal doesn't mean they are not used.

You may be right, but hopefully not, as that is not only the law, but many
producers *advertise* that they don't use hormones, so not only would they
be violating food safety laws, they'd be violating federal and state
truth-in-advertising law as well.

> Most major commercial breeders (Tyson, Perdue) don't
>> use antibiotics, either.
>
> They have cut down; don't know if they have eliminated them.

Either way it's legal, but again, they can't advertise they don't use them
when they in fact do. Not to say that the law can't be ignored.

I'd be very interested to see any data that support the assertion you make;
I'd think any concerned group could easily afford to have tests done on a
random sampling of chicken bought at retail.

> Antibiotics are still added to feeds and and some feeds contain things
> such as ground up chicken feathers etc.

Some, perhaps. Presumably, when the producers advertise "vegetable
grain-fed" and "no animal proteins are fed to our chickens," they mean just
that. They'd better, anyway. AIUI, chickens aren't supposed to be fed
feather meal, but are fed meat and bone meal. Cattle can be fed feather
meal, as well as poultry *litter* (blech).

The brand I mentioned previously, MBA Smart Chicken, says they not only
don't use antibiotics or hormones, but no animal protein either.

Jason