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minus-squareDamdy@mtgzone.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoI believe organic chicken requires them not to be pumped with antibiotics; at least in my county. This means farms literally cannot keep them in as horrible and cramped conditions because the risk of disease could wipe them out. I’m not an organic nut, but I do buy organic chicken/eggs or go without.
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoIn most countries, organic mostly just means that the feed they use is organic with maybe a few minor other additions, but regardless I wouldn’t trust any claims of anything actually being antibiotic-free. Some beef ‘raised without antibiotics’ tests positive for antibiotics in study Antibiotic-Free Meat Not Free of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Antibiotic Residue Found in Antibiotic-Free Meat at Whole Foods
I believe organic chicken requires them not to be pumped with antibiotics; at least in my county.
This means farms literally cannot keep them in as horrible and cramped conditions because the risk of disease could wipe them out.
I’m not an organic nut, but I do buy organic chicken/eggs or go without.
In most countries, organic mostly just means that the feed they use is organic with maybe a few minor other additions, but regardless I wouldn’t trust any claims of anything actually being antibiotic-free.
Some beef ‘raised without antibiotics’ tests positive for antibiotics in study
Antibiotic-Free Meat Not Free of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Antibiotic Residue Found in Antibiotic-Free Meat at Whole Foods
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