date:Sep 20, 2012
misunderstanding.
Consumers may be surprised to learn that similar to antibiotics, arsenic-containing drugs can be fed daily to chickens, turkeys, and pigs to promote growth, lower the levels of feed required, said CU's Urvashi Rangan.
Not so, said the Chicken Council's Tom Super. He said a feed containing Roxarsone that contained safe levels of organic arsenic, was removed from the market last year.
No other products containing any amount of arsenic are used in chicken production, Super sai