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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Perhaps you don't know this but most of our beef is not hormone injected. The idea didn't go over here Paul. The media did go wild with it.
One company did that. They sell very little beef. We do read labels.
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Very rough figures:
80% of USA feedlot cattle are injected with growth hormones.
The USA slaughters around 25 million cattle from feedlots each year, and 5 million from elsewhere.
So about two thirds of USA beef is 'finished' in feedlots injecting growth hormones.
I'm not interested in arguing about the safety of growth hormones in beef production. But you should be aware that it is not true that most of your beef is not hormone injected.