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> Soy isn't part of the natural diet for chickens, so feeding it to them means also feeding them antibiotics.

Do you have any more info on this? I was under the impression that giving chickens antibiotics was illegal and so feckless that it isn't even worth breaking the law for. I could be wrong as well, honestly.

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No, it's growth hormones, not antibiotics that are illegal, and would be quite pointless even if legal - that's the urban myth you're thinking about. Antibiotics are legal and are still being used with abandon.

Antibiotics can be used in poultry feed, but must be phased out prior to marketing such that there are no detectable levels in the meat.

This addresses concerns over antibiotics in the consumed product, but not the problems of antibiotic resistance promoted through use in animal feed, which really must stop.

https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm378100.h...

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