Selamat Hari Raya

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"DIBESARKAN TANPA SEBARANG SUNTIKAN HORMON."

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Tetiba nak post something got related to the topic...but dunno how to start. Oleh yang demikian, I cut n paste je apa2 yang jumpa sambil-sambil Google tadi. Sapa2 boleh komen.

Hormones in Food: Artificial
It has been observed that there are several hormones (growth hormones) that help animals gain weight in no time. Inducing such hormones in the animals artificially, can reduce the amount of food as well as the time required for gaining weight. All this results into quick production of the animals for the meat industry. The same technique is applied in the dairy production as it also increases the milk production of cows and other dairy animals.

(source: Buzzle.com)

There are six different kinds of steroid hormones that are currently approved by FDA for use in food production in the US: estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, zeranol, trenbolone acetate, and melengestrol acetate. Estradiol and progesterone are natural female sex hormones; testosterone is the natural male sex hormone; zeranol, trenbolone acetate and melengesterol acetate are synthetic growth promoters (hormone-like chemicals that can make animals grow faster). Currently, federal regulations allow these hormones to be used on growing cattle and sheep, but not on poultry (chickens, turkeys, ducks) or hogs (pigs). The above hormones are not as useful in increasing weight gain of poultry or hogs.

(source: envirocancer.cornell.edu)

So do they feed chicken with growth hormone or not?

Currently there are no growth hormones FDA approved for poultry including chicken. Chickens are fattened using cages that reduce their ability to move around. This leads to increased levels of bacteria in the cages and thus, anti-biotics are used in the chicken feed to reduce infections and disease.The chickens are overfed and then slaughtered after reaching a certain ideal weight level. The chicken meat itself is injected with a saline solution (salt and water) to increase its mass and to give it a more pleasing look in the stores. Free-range chickens are not produced in this manner.

(source: Yahoo.answers)

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