17-01-13, 11:16 PM
I have a young relative who works in KFC. She tells me the bulk of the chicken is currently coming from Brazil.
And of course it's third world meat factories (can't really call em farms now can you) that are worrying many scientists. The intense production is a breeding ground for disease and bacteria etc, the factories being major bulk users of antibiotics and numerous vaccines, (not to mention growth hormones) plus some research has suggested that recent cases of bird flu in humans maybe have been as a result of the virus mutating and jumping the species gap as a result of such low quality factory farms.
One wonders that if there ever is another global flu pandemic, will it be a result of our love of fast food and disregard for how it is produced.
And of course it's third world meat factories (can't really call em farms now can you) that are worrying many scientists. The intense production is a breeding ground for disease and bacteria etc, the factories being major bulk users of antibiotics and numerous vaccines, (not to mention growth hormones) plus some research has suggested that recent cases of bird flu in humans maybe have been as a result of the virus mutating and jumping the species gap as a result of such low quality factory farms.
One wonders that if there ever is another global flu pandemic, will it be a result of our love of fast food and disregard for how it is produced.