• heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Antibiotics are allowed and, unfortunately, used plenty in the EU. Growth hormones on the other hand are banned. As far as I know, those are standard in the US, so farmers can’t simply export surplus production.

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      7 days ago

      That’s normally absolutely not allowed in the EU, and has been forbidden Union-wide since january 22. They can only be used as a treatment when an animal has a specific disease.

      Doubtless some people cheat, but that’s another problem.

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        7 days ago

        Wow you’re right! I thought it was still normal to pump all animals full of antibiotics as a preventative measure. Thanks for the correction!

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          6 days ago

          I think a lot of countries had stopped before then (although it still lasted way too long), but it’s good that there’s a global ban for the outliers).
          Ideally, whatever we import should follow the same production constraints. But I’m not sure if that’s the case.