tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post1010019045979396405..comments2024-03-13T06:29:02.843-04:00Comments on Do You Really Know What You're Eating?: A poultry sale to crow aboutVictor E. Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post-43377032750514224002011-03-20T09:39:58.861-04:002011-03-20T09:39:58.861-04:00I don't agree that it's just "marketi...I don't agree that it's just "marketing."<br /><br />The "fine print" says growth hormones -- not antibiotics -- are barred in raising poultry, but I don't know of any similar prohibition for beef and pork, nor is there a ban on animal by-products being fed to animals on factory farms.<br /><br />Do a little more research.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post-76628853456051727692011-03-20T07:09:54.240-04:002011-03-20T07:09:54.240-04:00If you read the fine print on poultry that adverti...If you read the fine print on poultry that advertises "no added hormones, no antibiotics" it says that the FDA prohibits the use of antibiotics. Cattle and poultry grown for consumption are not allowed to be fed meat products and growth hormone has been prohibited for awhile. So really, nothing different than other chicken. It's just marketing. <br /><br />However, "free range" and "organic" are held to regulations stricter than the what the FDA mandates.LCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post-89326864709784960622010-12-03T07:11:28.714-05:002010-12-03T07:11:28.714-05:00Keep them coming, Aaron.Keep them coming, Aaron.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post-18710615245351659462010-12-02T15:26:33.141-05:002010-12-02T15:26:33.141-05:00Hey, since getting the old heave ho, I have hardly...Hey, since getting the old heave ho, I have hardly any outlet for a corny comment or two. Ain't that just your luck!Aaron Elsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765103620316143748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post-63684238189971969892010-12-01T15:11:46.502-05:002010-12-01T15:11:46.502-05:00OK. I'll be on the look-out. What do you think...OK. I'll be on the look-out. What do you think happened -- corn prices went through the roof?<br /><br />Or retaliation because your corny jokes went through the roof?<br /><br />Costco's rotisserie chicken is cheaper than Fairway's, but I tried it once and didn't like it.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post-84641994447098211012010-12-01T15:05:25.228-05:002010-12-01T15:05:25.228-05:00Readington my lips: Even ShopRite is gonna raise i...Readington my lips: Even ShopRite is gonna raise its prices.Aaron Elsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765103620316143748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post-4438729707545913502010-12-01T13:14:22.204-05:002010-12-01T13:14:22.204-05:00I've just started to shop for poultry again af...I've just started to shop for poultry again after many months of ignoring it. <br /><br />I'm still not eating meat, but my wife and son are. <br /><br />And I don't even look at chicken at Fairway because my wife prefers ShopRite's Readington Farms, which also is drug-free.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1651217485085288423.post-89817622191393381072010-12-01T11:17:56.193-05:002010-12-01T11:17:56.193-05:00Everybody puts turkey parts on sale after Thanksgi...Everybody puts turkey parts on sale after Thanksgiving, even free range turkeys, what else are they going to do with the unsold birds, make organic turkey burgers and freeze 'em?<br /><br />While you're at it, though, if you'd like a scoop, next time you make your rounds check out the meteoric rise in the price of chicken, even the unhealthy kind, and not the sale prices. Overnight Fairway jacked up the price of its rotisserie chickens from $5.49 to $6.49, so I'm guessing this is an industrywide trend.Aaron Elsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765103620316143748noreply@blogger.com