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    The United States has finally decided to ban arsenic from chicken feed.

    • Last Update: 2020-07-24
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    OA show ('918 '); most of the chicken we eat now is broilerNow, in Japanese chicken market, broiler accounts for about 70-80%Japanese local chicken breeds with a breeding period of 80 days account for only 1% of the market in JapanBroiler is a general term for chickens raised to provide chickens less than 3 months after hatching as foodIn order to make them reproduce in a large amount in a short period of time, breeding and improvement have been carried out, and now they can grow up in 40-50 daysIn addition, broilers are kept in a very dense state, unable to move, so they keep growing fatNearly 30% of broilers are difficult to support and walk, and 3% of broilers have no walking abilityRDK is a large number of broilers, once there are infectious diseases will spread, so the breeders will add a lot of antibiotics in the feed to prevent infectious diseasesRDK also accounts for about 80% of the U.Schicken marketWhat's the danger of RDK arsenic? In 2011, the incorporation of arsenic into chicken feed became a major problem in the United StatesRDK USA approved arsenic for animal feed in 1940sArsenic is used to prevent intestinal parasite infection, increase body weight, improve feed efficiency, and improve pigment depositionMainly used for broilersAccording to the 2006 report of the American Institute of agriculture and trade policy, more than 70% of the 8.7 billion broilers produced in the United States every year are arsenicRDK arsenic is found in water, air, soil and food due to environmental pollutionArsenic is divided into organic arsenic and inorganic arsenic Inorganic arsenic is more toxic than organic arsenic, and nitrite is the most toxic In addition, arsenic is often used in pesticides and insecticides It is a common poison in our life It is known for its acute toxicity and carcinogenicity Arsenic poisoning is not only acute poisoning caused by a large amount of one-time intake, but also chronic poisoning caused by long-term intake Among them, the incubation period of chronic poisoning is very long RDK in May 2013, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of public health in Bloomberg collected the following chicken samples from supermarkets in 10 major urban areas of the United States from December 2010 to June 2011 for arsenic determination 116 samples were raw meat and 142 samples were cooked meat The result is not hard to imagine: the concentration of inorganic arsenic in the chicken raised normally is much higher than that in the chicken without antibiotics and organic chicken RDK on September 30, 2013, the FDA finally banned the sale of RDK RDK (author: daximanzi) of three drugs (roxarsone, CARBARSONE, p-aminophenylarsonic acid) added to the feed of chickens, turkeys and pigs
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