There is where I may sound like a contradiction but something like "no antibiotics ever" chicken is important to me. I do not want to consume large quantities of chicken that are pumped up with who knows what. It appears some large chicken suppliers have gone back recently on the "no antibiotics ever" pledge. This makes me even more suspicious as to what is going on here and why this is going on. What is this new "antibiotic" they want to pump chickens with and they are so desperate to pump so many chickens with it that they go back on the "no antibiotics ever" pledges previously made?veteran+ wrote: ↑March 24th, 2024, 8:41 amHCal wrote: ↑March 23rd, 2024, 4:12 pmBut does it really? After California passed its cage free law, prices shot up because the industry wasn't ready (they were focused on fighting the law rather than preparing to follow it). However, over time, prices came back down to normal.
When cage free eggs are an option, they are more expensive simply because those who want them will be willing to pay extra for them. But when they are the norm, the price usually reverts to whatever everyone is willing to pay for eggs in general.
This studyhttps://openurl.ebsco.com/EPDB%3Agcd%3A ... 7356&crl=c suggests that the cost increase is 25-73 cents a dozen, or about 2 to 6 cents per egg, which is quite trivial in the context of current grocery inflation.
But...............................I do not think it really matters much in the grand scheme of things. Organic, cage free, antibiotics, Non GMOs, etc.............................people are eating themselves into a shorter life span. If any of this really mattered to the larger population MOST fast food establishments would be the first to go out of business.
When food became convenient and easy and fast, our life spans began to slowly decline. We can all deny it passionately but it does not change the results.
https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articl ... in-chicken
As with any new thing, medical treatment, medicine, vaccine, whatever, you do not always know the effect this new thing or change will have, until the change plays out for a while. It may all end up fine and if so that is great I guess... but for now... it is suspect what the potential impact of this is.
But the cage free egg thing- there is no difference to the human consuming the egg on a standard cage free vs. caged egg. Only higher cost. Nothing more.