TAILIEUCHUNG - REASONS WHY HORMONES ARE NOT USED IN THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

Every parent is concerned for the welfare and health of their child. However, with the proliferation of misinformation everywhere the following situations are becoming more prevalent. Wouldn't you know my little boy received a free coupon to KFC from a coloring contest? We have planned to use it tonight but our son had questions concerning the safety of the food we were going to get at the restaurant. He had heard in school that hormones are being fed to animals to supply meat and this made the chicken unsafe. | North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service NC STATE UNIVERSITY North Carolina Poultry Industry Newsletter Union County Center 500 N. Main Street Room 506 Monroe NC 28112-4796 Phone 704-283-3743 Fax 704-283-3734 Email jody_smith@ Issue Editor and Layout Jody Smith Area Specialized Agent Poultry November 2004 REASONS WHY HORMONES ARE NOT USED IN THE POULTRY INDUSTRY K. E. Anderson and A. G. Gernat Department of Poultry Science Every parent is concerned for the welfare and health of their child. However with the proliferation of misinformation everywhere the following situations are becoming more prevalent. Wouldn t you know my little boy received a free coupon to KFC from a coloring contest We have planned to use it tonight but our son had questions concerning the safety of the food we were going to get at the restaurant. He had heard in school that hormones are being fed to animals to supply meat and this made the chicken unsafe and unhealthy to eat. How should we respond to these types of questions As a parent I really don t think that I will change my plans since we seldom go out to eat but there are people who go every day. Should we really be concerned As a parent I have faced this situation with my own children and I deal with it using truth and knowledge from reliable sources. I know it is hard to actually know what the truth is in these situations and not all of the information on the Internet is truthful so the source has to be a trusted one. Sources of information that are most reliable are typically associated with the federal government. The Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture have both developed reports and sponsored research looking at the issues of hormones in the poultry industry in depth. However these reports tend to be highly technical and difficult to understand even for those trained in the sciences. The second source is the Extension Service located in every state. These scientists in the .

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