Perdue Says Its Hatching Chicks Are Off Antibiotics
Perdue Farms says it has ditched the common practice of injecting antibiotics into eggs that are just about to hatch. And public health advocates are cheering. They've been campaigning against the widespread use of antibiotics in agriculture, arguing that it's adding to the plague of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
This particular use of antibiotics is ubiquitous but little-known. It happens at hatcheries, which lie at the heart of large-scale chicken production.
Hatcheries don't get a lot of attention. From the outside, Perdue's hatchery in Salisbury, Md., is just a simple, one-story cinder block building. What goes on inside, though, is amazing.
More than 1 million eggs arrive here every week from breeding farms a few hours away in West Virginia. Unlike the eggs you buy in the store, these eggs are fertilized; there are embryos inside.
Say what you will but Perdue continues to be a poultry industry leader...easy for folks to say have them move out and close thier plants, but, the entire shore would shut down without the poultry companies...just try and calculate the number of pay checks these companies process monthly. Thanks Perdue for addressing health concerns by not using antibiotics!!!
This is propaganda. All people see is they've stopped injecting chicks with antibiotics. The key phrase is eggs that "are ABOUT to hatch." What about eggs that aren't "ABOUT" to hatch? This is how these places fool people. You have to read every single word.
It's very unfortunate that more people can't afford to eat real chicken and are stuck eating this factory farmed, chemical laced pile of flesh that is no where near to what a real chicken tastes like.
"just try and calculate the number of pay checks these companies process monthly"
LOL 8:44. While you are at it try and calculate the tax payers dollars that go toward supplementing these employees. I bet perdue alone costs tax payers millions and millions of dollars in welfare benefits paid to their employees.
Say what you will but Perdue continues to be a poultry industry leader...easy for folks to say have them move out and close thier plants, but, the entire shore would shut down without the poultry companies...just try and calculate the number of pay checks these companies process monthly. Thanks Perdue for addressing health concerns by not using antibiotics!!!
ReplyDeleteOkay.......says they have "ditched the common practice of injecting antibiotics into eggs that are JUST ABOUT TO HATCH."
ReplyDeleteFurther in the article it states they will be ingesting feed laced with antibiotics.
I wonder if they still inject the baby chicks.....?
ReplyDeleteThis is propaganda. All people see is they've stopped injecting chicks with antibiotics. The key phrase is eggs that "are ABOUT to hatch." What about eggs that aren't "ABOUT" to hatch?
ReplyDeleteThis is how these places fool people. You have to read every single word.
See 8:44 fell for this and saw this propaganda as only saying "not using antibiotics."
ReplyDeleteA bunch of BS! Frank is turning over in his Grave watching his liberal son run that company in the ground!
ReplyDeleteThere are just too many questions left unanswered for me to eat this chicken.
ReplyDeleteIt's very unfortunate that more people can't afford to eat real chicken and are stuck eating this factory farmed, chemical laced pile of flesh that is no where near to what a real chicken tastes like.
ReplyDelete"just try and calculate the number of pay checks these companies process monthly"
ReplyDeleteLOL 8:44. While you are at it try and calculate the tax payers dollars that go toward supplementing these employees. I bet perdue alone costs tax payers millions and millions of dollars in welfare benefits paid to their employees.
We are far better off with them than without...you are probably one of the dead beats living off the system!!!!
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