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[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Definitely not because our beef is hormone filled

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

And antibiotics surely play no role either

[–] heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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!

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month 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.

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