还消费者放心鸡：美国普渡食品公司宣布其鸡孵化场停用抗生素

加州弗雷斯诺(KFSN)- - -美国第三大家禽生产商普渡食品公司说,普渡约95%的鸡不再使用抗生素。此举赢得了很多人赞同。
普渡食品说他们会接纳消费者的意见,他们理解到人们对在动物身上过度使用抗生素的担忧,但并不是每个人都相信他们的立场,有人这只是于事无补。
我们在克里斯蒂娜的天然牧场弗雷斯诺东北市场碰到黛安·鲍威尔，她说她愿意花额外的时间和金钱购买没有添加剂食物。
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鲍威尔告诉ABC记者说,“我很容易对各种各样的东西有皮疹和过敏反应，所有吃的东西越新鲜越好，我们大家都需要关心我们自己的身体。”
吉姆·贝尔彻老板说,人们未来都会去买有机食物的。他卖了近40年天然食品。当我们问他关于普渡停用抗生素一事，他说自己从来不买那玩意。
他说这只是他们的一个营销概念,即使孵化场不用激素、抗生素，但可能在饲料中添加。贝尔彻说,民众也他们吃到肚子里的东西到底怎么样，民众自己也不清楚，但他对自己货架的东西却自信满满。他向我们展示自己的产品,说“产品不含人工抗生素,不含防腐剂,没有添加激素，绝对纯天然。”
ABC新闻首席卫生和医学编辑Richard Besser博士说这才是正路。“普渡迈进了一大步。我希望看到其他的大型家禽生产商也能紧随其后,说他们也停用了。”
普渡说大约95%的鸡停用人工抗生素，并且它们的孵化场也一样停用。吉姆·贝尔彻告诉我们在拿来烹饪的时候才能真正区别自然生养和使用抗生素的鸡。贝尔彻说:“这两种味道是不一样的,这东西骗不了你。”
普渡当然希望将以此推动更多的顾客选择他们的产品。在一次新闻发布会上,普渡食品表示,它不会给饲料添加人工抗生素，只有在兽医诊断时才会用到。
PERDUE FOODS SAYS ITS CHICKEN HATCHERIES ARE NOW ANTIBIOTIC-FREE

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The nation's third largest poultry producer says it's no longer using human antibiotics in about 95 percent of its chickens. It's a move that many are applauding.

Perdue foods says they listened to consumers and say they recognize the concerns about the overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture, but not everyone believes their stance and here locally, some say it doesn't change a thing.

We found Diane Powell in the aisle at Kristina's Natural Ranch Market in Northeast Fresno. She says she spends extra time and money on foods without additives.

Powell told ABC30, "I am very susceptible to rashes and allergic reactions from all kinds of things so fresh is better. We all need to be concerned about what we put in our bodies."

Owner Jim Belcher says organics are the future. He's been selling and promoting natural foods for nearly 40 years. When we asked him about Perdue's move away from antibiotics he said, "I don't buy it." He says it's just a marketing concept and that the hormones -- and antibiotics will be present in other places like feed. Belcher says the public is uneducated about what we put in our bodies and he truly stands behind the products on his shelves. He showed us the products, saying there's "no artificial antibiotics ever, no preservatives, raised without added hormones."

Doctor Richard Besser, chief health and medical editor for ABC News says that is the way to go. "This is a big step Perdue is taking. I would love to see the other big poultry producers following suit and saying we're going to get on board too."

Perdue says it's halted the use of human antibiotics with about 95 percent of its chickens and says it's not using them in its hatcheries either. Jim Belcher tells us the real difference between natural and antibiotic raised chickens is in the way it cooks. Belcher says "The taste, you cannot believe the taste."

Perdue certainly hopes that difference will drive more customers towards their product. In a press release, Perdue foods says it does not add human antibiotics to chicken feed and says antibiotics will only be given when prescribed by a veterinarian.
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