05/02/2014
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Organic chicken farming : animals eat feed and not given antibiotics or growth promoters Photo: Michel Filho/13-2-2013
RIO - The Ministry of Agriculture , Livestock and Supply (MAPA ) has authorized producers of poultry that have the record of the Federal Inspection Service ( SIF ) firms can enter the label information on the non-use of hormones in animal husbandry . The Department of Inspection of Products of Animal Origin ( DIPOA ) aims to demystify the practice , since research indicates that 72 % of Brazilians believe that these substances are used in poultry production .
Companies may choose to stamp the phrase " without hormone use , as established by the Brazilian legislation " in packaging , according to Normative Instruction No. 22/2005 . According to the deputy director of DIPOA Leandro Feijoo , authorization is a divisor of waters for the sector :
- Consumers need to be adequately informed and have the assurance that there is no such procedure in the country , considering the advances and investments made by the productive sector of birds to improve the genetics, nutrition and handling of the animals .
According to research commissioned by the Brazilian Poultry Union ( Ubabef ) reference to an institute , who treated about consumption habits of Brazilians, 72 % of the population believe that hormones are used in chicken farming .
Source : The Globe - Online
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