All fresh (uncooked) foods, including chicken, carry a natural microflora that may contain organisms potentially harmful to humans.
Because food safety is a top concern for...
The NMD (or National Microbiological Database) was a project which began in 1997, designed as a “standard microbiological sampling program with test methods designed for...
The Centre for Monogastric Research is part of Massey University’s Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health. Dr V. Ravi Ravindran works as the Poultry Research Officer...
Growth hormones make animals grow faster by altering the metabolic processes at a cellular level in the animal. Any growth rate changes in animals that are given hormones are the...
Antibiotics do not mimic the effect of natural hormones, nor do they alter any metabolic process of the animal (like growth hormones do). They only work on bacteria, which can...
Media
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Chicken remains New Zealand’s favourite meat
Posted on 4 Oct 2011
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New Zealand is free of major Exotic Poultry Diseases
Posted on 6 May 2011
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Food Safety
Posted on 6 May 2011
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Animal Welfare in NZ Poultry Industry
Posted on 6 May 2011
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Industry Guidelines on the use of Antibiotics in Poultry
Posted on 6 May 2011
Myth Busters
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Poultry farming facts and fallacies
Posted on 2 Dec 2011
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MYTH: Chickens are fed Hormones/Growth Promoters
Posted on 6 May 2011
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MYTH: Eating Chicken can make you resistant to Antibiotics
Posted on 6 May 2011
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MYTH: Eating Chicken too often can cause Larger Breasts in Humans
Posted on 6 May 2011
