Why We Can?t See Inside Poultry Production, and What Might Change if We Could
By Maryn McKenna
01.29.13
1:56 PM
In the past months, there have been several troubling research reports, from different parts of the world, exploring aspects of the same problem: Multi-drug resistant bacteria are present in chicken, apparently because of the use of antibiotics in poultry production, and are passing to people who work with, prepare or eat chicken, at some risk to their health.
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So if this potential hazard has been identified over years, why isn?t it being addressed? A powerful op-ed last week in Food Safety News suggests why: No transparency in poultry production, and therefore no leverage for finding points in the process where the potential hazards could be reduced. The piece, by Leah Garces of the nonprofit Compassion in World Farming, is very direct; it?s titled ?Why We Haven?t Seen Inside a Broiler Chicken Factory Farm in a Decade.?...
