You Need to Know This If You Eat Tyson Chicken

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Tyson Foods — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:50:04 GMT

The information in the story about Tyson Foods is misleading. For more information go the following website: www.tyson.com/.../Default.aspx

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Markus Allen — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:47:16 GMT

A lot of commentors think it's all about the profit. That's part of it. Most of it is all about control and eugenics.

I talk about this in great detail in my short (and long) audios here:

www.truthin7minutes.com/audios.php

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GAILMARIE — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:25:36 GMT

I hope that someone can help me. After reading this article I was so upset that I called Tyson and their claim was "that ALL chicken eggs including those labeled as organic, are injected with antibiotics to stop contamination". Does anybody know if this is true? It irks me to think that I spend so much of my hard earned money on eating organically to maybe find out if we are all being duped. Please help! Thanks!

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RacerX — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:15:11 GMT

Glad I don't eat Tyson foods.. sounds like a scumbag company.

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jmavendt — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:13:29 GMT

On a similar note - commerical eggs are also sources of unnecessary antibiotics and chemicals. Commercial eggs are washed, treated, bleached and sealed. One of the first tidbits of info in old 'how to raise chickens' books is to NEVER wash the eggs before you intend to use them. Simply wipe them with a clean, DRY rag and carefully chip off any undesirable material. (OK to wash just before you use them - but use cold water). Eggs have an unmatched natural preservative and protectant. Eggs shells are porous and when washed you remove that protectant allowing bacteria to penetrate the shell. Once explained, most people don't seem to have a problem with a slightly dirty shell - then again, these people care enough to get eggs from us instead of buying cheaper eggs at the store.

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jmavendt — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:57:59 GMT

Chickens are just about one of the EASIEST critters to raise yourself... EVERYONE should have them! They don't require much space and are wonderful at removing insects from the yard and garden... just make sure they don't get into the garden until the plants are 6 inches tall or so. And never let them near ripe tomatoes, they'll eat them ALL!

Our chickens, both meat birds and laying hens, are locked in coops with large outdoor runs (5 sq ft per bird) when we are NOT home (roaming dogs like to eat them), but we let them out whenever possible. They never fail to wander back to their coop come night fall so they can be easily secured. Rounding them up isn't that hard either (with 2 people and a dog). Our chickens have 24/7 access to food/water which is checked daily but only needs to be filled once a week. (Food must be regulated with the meat birds or they will get very obese). Our meat birds eat a 'game bird' formula feed from the local feed store as it does not have any antibiotics or nasty stuff and is nearly identical in protein and fat %. The egg hens get a commerical 'natural' feed as it contains the necessary vitamins and minerals to keep their bodies in 'laying' shape. I've had the 'natural' feed analysized and it lives up to its claims in all 'detectable' aspects.

Aside from antibiotics and lack of access to the outdoors, the butchering process concerns me greatly. I have butchered many chickens and it is in no way a 'clean' job. One slip of the knife and you have a mess. I take my time, only butchering a dozen or so in a weekend. When I think about this job done on a massive scale, I cringe. No wonder commerical chicken is laden with bacteria!

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tmulcahy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:52:55 GMT

Dr. Mercola, I agree that Tyson is playing fast and loose with the truth, and injecting antibiotics into the eggs poses the same risks as, and cannot be easily distinguished from, raising chickens on antibiotics, you misspoke above when you implied they "raised the hatchlings on feed that contains antibiotics," when, as the article states, they actually use antimicrobials in the feed. That seems a bit confusing. If Tyson is not using antibiotics in the feed, that would make them a bit better company than the ones that DO use antibiotics in their feed. I read the points you made about Roxarsone, but that's another issue.

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drjgarcia — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:37:40 GMT

The bottom line is that CONSUMERS are the ultimate COMMON DENOMINATOR. More powerful than money and power is CONSUMER'S CHOICE. Don't expect the 5 o'clock news to inform us, or our regular visit to the doctor. As you become self aware, our communities also become aware. Research is often flawed and it is backed by the very same industry that feeds you the "garbage". Lets work on educating our neighbor, our friends and our families. This website is a great contribution to dismantling the confusion.

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KrisT — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:51:21 GMT

Now I wonder about our 'organic' meat and poultry as well!?!

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KrisT — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:43:17 GMT

This is a warning and sad commentary to all who 'care' I have been doing some very "informal' personal research and my findings are scary.

I started wondering how a trusted local grocery store, that has started stocking beautiful looking 'organic' produce was able to sell big bags of rice at half the price of the local grain stores. On a hunch, I started asking questions of managers. The bags said USA grown and distributed by the Grupa Co. Was this a GMO product?

They claimed to not know but referred me to the Grupa company saying by law, they had to tell me. Following that thread I went online I learned a lot I do not have time for here,

My point is, I learned GMO foods carry a 5 digit code like the 4 digit code used at grocery check-outs. See small sticky fruit labels and similar on bagged or clear produce containers.

I have been doing a lot of checking and have found these 5 digit codes on huge amounts of produce, and often on things that are labeled 'organic'. I learned they get away with this because of not using spray pesticides. A number of these products have been produced by the same company that produces Round-up. Are we concerned that we are eating produce that the bugs will not eat?

These GMO's are everywhere, WalMart, Sams Club, Costco, 'Whole Foods', Sunflower Foods and just about every grocery store I've been in, including my little local neighborhood market. They look great and have improved the taste radically. Who wouldn't choose the beautiful large blemish-less pieces over normal products. The grains are the same and have infiltrated all my local grain products stores, some coming from over seas.

We are in big trouble, more than we know, as they are claiming patent rights on seeds! Which means our farmers cannot carry seeds over year to year as they have always done. Worst case, the GMO companies will be in control of the worlds food supplies. Heaven help us!!

If any one has more info please write!!

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builder7 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:50:48 GMT

Maybe we are all barking up the wrong tree. Maybe all of these food and drug companies are trying to make us ingest all of these preservatives and poisons for some reason. I mean, I saw a water product with a lemon twist in it the other day, that had been bought by one of the large beverage companies, and it had salt, sugar and various preservatives added to it. I looked at a bottle of pop and it had the same stuff. Why would they put this stuff in filtered water? Maybe somebody ought to do a real analysis of what is in these foods. Maybe they have put hypnosis drugs or some other thing in there that we need to be aware of. Maybe they are just one end of the pharmaceutical companies. The food companies get you sick and the pharms provide daily pills to help you deplete your wallet. 90% of the food in an average grocery has preservatives that aren't good for people, not to mention all the other stuff that they put in food. I actually think that they put those preservatives in the foods that their shelf life will be real long, so that they can overprice them and lower the price that they sell them as time goes by so that they sell them all before they spoil. If they had to sell them in a short time they would have to charge a fair profit, which is not the standard way of doing business now that all of these crooks took over the country starting with Reagan. I don't think they would care if they poisoned people either. I don't think that they are feeling guilty. Then years down the road they will start to go out of business and then cry for uncle sugar to save them because they couldn't compete with whoever comes along with healthy food again. Like the auto industry in this country, they blame labor when labor is just one of their many costs. Their profits equal what all their working people together make, so there is a figure for you. I think it is time to get the corporations and the government out of bed together and for the people again.

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Don Fletcher — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:36:22 GMT

If we could all live to 85 instead of having a few live to 101, we would have accomplished something useful. But forcing people to die at 85 would do nothing to accomplish that objective.

But Canada has done wonders to get our average age at death a couple years better than the USA has. We are speculating that this is because we have 'free' medical care and a shortage of doctors. About 40% of us do not have a family doctor and can't find one willing to take us on on other than an emergency basis. Our doctors appear to be expecting us to look after ourselves.

But Canadian statistics are revealing. People who live on the west coast live longer despite the fact that food there costs more. People on the Prairie provinces and Newfoundland/Labrador are shorter lived, In the northern territories are much shorter lived.

We have a pocket of very poor cardiac health, high diabetes, and cancer all within one county that has the lowest cost of vegetables in Canada. (Chatham-Kent). There is no clear correlation between prices of food elsewhere.

There does appear to be a link between the habits people have of going for long walks in winter. West coasters go walking all year round, Prairie residents, far northern and Chatham-Kent people do not.

Chatham-Kent and Newfoundland people share one situation. Winter roads are often covered with ice and seniors in particular do not venture out one them walking. But neither area has great dietary habits.

Summer walking habits do not appear to differentiate the areas.

Statistics were pulled together carefully but by a health group out to prove something.

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NebraskaDave — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:39:32 GMT

I HAVE to say, in general, I just read all these comments, and, with very, very few exceptions, they are ALL very well-thought-out, very informative and/or thought-provoking...What a GREAT group of readers....Give yourselves a hand!!

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Don Fletcher — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:10:40 GMT

There is a logical difference between treating food animals with antibiotic to deal with an immediate threat to life, as compared with systematic low level treatment in the food. In the acute case, it is a matter of treat or you do not eat. And you might choose to not eat in either case.

But low level systematic treatment is the fastest way to develop antibiotic resistant strains of any organism.

Acute level treatment at 2 weeks of age for broiler chickens has proven its value in eliminating disease from the barn for the rest of the flock's growing period, and leaves undetectable levels of antibiotic in the meat when slaughtered at 11 to 13 weeks. This is the way safety is being measured. Even if the procedure is developing antibiotic resistant strains, the testing method is just looking at residual antibiotic in the meat.

We get a similar reduction of pathogen infection by using copper sulphate in the birds' waterers, and no development of antibiotic resistant organisms. But any organism that survives this copper sulphate treatment will also survive on copper doorknobs and brass plumbing fixtures.

Testing methods for copper sulphate in the flesh of poultry does not appear to be widespread, so this can be used even to week 9 out of 11.

Organic farmers are allowed to use copper sulphate, in place of antibiotics. And of course so too are conventional farmers.

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Mateus — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:05:12 GMT

Nothing will CHANGE unless we, Americans, decide to hold our elected officials accountable to their own actions of greed and corruption! All of "that", as mentioned about Tyson Foods, only hapens because our political system is greatly entrentched in CORRUPTION thatfavors corporations.

Just to mention, Bush, the greatest failure in the history of the USA as a comender-in-chief still has 23% of approval rate!!!....Now, when we have Fox Channel / Sean Hannity / Pat Robertson / Rush Limbaugh constantly lying and brain washing people and defending corporation over what is right for the country, this behavior by Tyson Corp does not suprise me at all.

Be a real patriot, don't support any political party and be a VIGILANT for your own country.

Happy Holidays,

Dr. Mateus Ferraz-Souza