Its pretty bogus how the FDA gets lobbied for things like this, and it ends up convoluting the message to the american public. For instance, read this article o

Its pretty bogus how the FDA gets lobbied for things like this, and it ends up convoluting the message to the american public. For instance, read this article on how 'organic' / 'antibiotic-free' eggs were still able to be treated by antibiotics as long as it was early in the eggs life: http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/01/organic-chicken-and-egg-antibiotics-edition http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/01/organic-chic... Even this Q & A is not the most straightforward on what the antibiotic process is, instead hiding behind 'meets FDA regulations'. http://www.uspoultry.org/faq/faq.cfm http://www.uspoultry.org/faq/faq.cfm