Comments on: Tyson Antibiotic-Free Chicken

By: ak

ak — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:13:42 +0000

Melissa, I had the almost the same exact conversation at a Whole Foods in NYC. I was looking for organic ground turkey, but only saw ground turkey without the organic seal. When I asked an employee if they had any organic ground turkey, he replied, that all their meat products are organic. I asked why they didn’t all have the “organic” seal, and he simply responded that they are all organic and I left confused!

Your comment has clarified that he may have been assuming that organic and natural are the same thing.

I have to say though that other employees I’ve spoken to have been pretty knowledgeable and helpful. He was the one exception.

By: Marion

Marion — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:25:20 +0000

I had exactly the same experience in a meat market in New York, and wrote about it in the organic vs. natural chapter of What to Eat. Sorry to hear that it’s still happening, but thanks for writing.

By: Melissa Dillenburg

Melissa Dillenburg — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:21:38 +0000

I recently did a search for organic meat in my area and surprise…. only whole foods carrys meats with the organic seal. But during my quest I found a meat department employee that obviously didn’t have a clue I asked “Do you carry organic meat?” His response was “That’s ALL we carry” and I said “So it all has the organic seal on it?” he replied “Well no its all natural and I don’t know why people ask for organic, natural is the same thing.” I would love to call the supermarket and let them know how little their employees really care about the work.

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By: Marion

Marion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:38:43 +0000

Of course Tyson’s doesn’t use antibiotics or hormones. Nobody does (or is supposed to) with laying chickens. And there would not be a reason to add them to eggs. I tend to take this one at face value, if that helps.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:25:42 +0000

I have read articles that Tyson does not administer antibotics or hormones to it’s ” growing chickens, but do they still administer these ingredients to the eggs before they hatch, therefore misleading the public? I do not want to go totally vegan, but am leaning towards this and eating mostly organic trying to cut down on ingesting toxins. Thanks Jeanne

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[...] Also, right next to the boxes of organic chicken are chicken breasts, legs, wings from Tyson’s 100% Natural line which claim “No Antibiotics, No Hormones, No Artificial Ingredients.” This sounds pretty darn good, but upon doing some further research I guess there is some significant problems with their claims. Another blogger has some good info on it… click here. [...]

By: Susan Schneider

Susan Schneider — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:58:52 +0000

This was the only link I could find on your website about the Tyson “raised without antibiotics” claim. It might be helpful to your readers to update them about USDA rejecting their label and the misleading nature of the claim. While it is good that they are not using the antibiotics that we use for human treatment, they still administer continual doses of ionophores, a drug that USDA considers to be an antibiotic, and surely this is not something that the average consumer would understand.
I have been tracking the issue somewhat, so if you have any new information, or if I can be of any assistance, please feel free to contact me. Thanks for producing such a great website. My law students are using it in my class this semester, Selected Issues in Food Law.