Comments on: What Does ‘Antibiotic Free’ Mean When it Comes to Food? https://modernfarmer.com/2021/08/antibiotic-free-meat-label/ Farm. Food. Life. Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:11:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Toby https://modernfarmer.com/2021/08/antibiotic-free-meat-label/#comment-39008 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:11:55 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=143801#comment-39008 Does Antibiotic-Free also mean that the food is free from Glyphosate – [also] a patented antibiotic? given what is understood to be the prevalence of glyphosate both in conventional farming systems and also in the wider environment this seems difficult to believe. Perhaps USDA exclude it….!

]]> By: cannovia https://modernfarmer.com/2021/08/antibiotic-free-meat-label/#comment-38966 Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:43:58 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=143801#comment-38966 Hello! Thank you for this informative article. I think that while It is true that cooking chicken will kill any bacteria, the issue is should the meat contain resistant bacteria, It is almost impractical to contain the spread across the house during the food preparation process. Moreover, antibiotics should be treated as a stop-gap measure as the antibiotics resistance bacteria become more common thus increase the need for even more antibiotics. Increasing the hygiene of the farm or using the natural way to combat bacteria should be more emphasized

]]> By: Jan Steinman https://modernfarmer.com/2021/08/antibiotic-free-meat-label/#comment-38861 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:04:32 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=143801#comment-38861 In reply to Vince Verbeke.

Yea, chicken feed producers routinely put rocks in chicken feed. If the rocks are calcium-based (like limestone), it also builds stronger shells.
Chickens need rocks and gravel for their gizzard to work. That’s a muscular cavity between the crop and the stomach that grinds seeds up for better digestion.
But if a chicken is truly “free range,” they have plenty of opportunity to pick up gravel from their surroundings, and don’t need any additional in their feed.
As you might suspect, rocks are pretty darned cheap. Our chickens are truly free range, and I strongly object to paying $25+ for 20 kilograms of certified organic feed, and finding rocks in it! We can buy oyster shell or limestone for a tiny fraction of that, and add it ourselves, as needed!
So, in some way, it’s a cynical way for feed producers to make more money.
But in the article’s context, I believe Cadloff was implying that limestone added to feed could be contaminated with antibiotics.

]]> By: Vince Verbeke https://modernfarmer.com/2021/08/antibiotic-free-meat-label/#comment-38854 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:10:34 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=143801#comment-38854 What if there’s a little bit of limestone for chicken “seed” or feed.

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