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Take a look at how chickens/farmed animals in general are housed before before being "processed". Turns out it's cheaper to pump the animals full of antibiotics

Take a look at how chickens/farmed animals in general are housed before before being "processed". Turns out it's cheaper to pump the animals full of antibiotics and wash the resulting meat with chemicals afterwards than to house them in clean and sanitary conditions. The EU/UK at least recognize how terrible this is, so they don't allow US meat that is handled this way.

joelthelion 5y ago
Do we actually have fewer infections in Europe?
- ane 5y ago
  Yes, considerably. > ”In the EU, over 91,000 salmonellosis cases are reported each year” https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/salmonella https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/salmonella And in the US, from the article: > ” Salmonella hospitalizes and kills more people in the U.S. than any other foodborne pathogen, with about 1.35 million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations and more than 400 deaths each year.” US population is 330 million, EU is about 450 million. The difference in salmonellosis prevalence is huge.
- blippe 5y ago
  The rate of infections are very diverse in Europe. In Scandinavia it is extremely low, they test the chickens several times during their lifetime and kills the whole flock if any of them is contaminated. Until they joined the EU all eggs were "washed" which removed other unwanted pathogens. The EU forced them to accept unwashed eggs and allowed them for the time being to continue selling washed eggs. Most other countries does not use such draconian methods to their farming and the washing of eggs removes a thin membrane which gives some protection from salmonella travelling between the eggs.
abfan1127 5y ago
chickens are not allowed antibiotics by law. That's the funny part of "our chicken is raised without antibiotics" advertising.
- xsmasher 5y ago
  It is allowed in the US. https://www.consumerreports.org/overuse-of-antibiotics/what-no-antibiotic-claims-really-mean/ https://www.consumerreports.org/overuse-of-antibiotics/what-...

joelthelion 5y ago

Do we actually have fewer infections in Europe?

ane 5y ago
Yes, considerably. > ”In the EU, over 91,000 salmonellosis cases are reported each year” https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/salmonella https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/salmonella And in the US, from the article: > ” Salmonella hospitalizes and kills more people in the U.S. than any other foodborne pathogen, with about 1.35 million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations and more than 400 deaths each year.” US population is 330 million, EU is about 450 million. The difference in salmonellosis prevalence is huge.
blippe 5y ago
The rate of infections are very diverse in Europe. In Scandinavia it is extremely low, they test the chickens several times during their lifetime and kills the whole flock if any of them is contaminated. Until they joined the EU all eggs were "washed" which removed other unwanted pathogens. The EU forced them to accept unwashed eggs and allowed them for the time being to continue selling washed eggs. Most other countries does not use such draconian methods to their farming and the washing of eggs removes a thin membrane which gives some protection from salmonella travelling between the eggs.

abfan1127 5y ago

chickens are not allowed antibiotics by law. That's the funny part of "our chicken is raised without antibiotics" advertising.

xsmasher 5y ago
It is allowed in the US. https://www.consumerreports.org/overuse-of-antibiotics/what-no-antibiotic-claims-really-mean/ https://www.consumerreports.org/overuse-of-antibiotics/what-...