WASHINGTON — The National Chicken Council has taken issue with a Consumer Reports investigation which the council said "leaves the false impression that feed additives containing arsenic are fed to chickens in the United States."
NCC released the following statement strongly condemning these insinuations:
“Chickens in the United States produced for meat are not given arsenic as an additive in chicken feed,” said Tom Super, NCC vice president of communications. “Some flocks used to be given feed that contained a product called Roxarsone, which included safe levels of organic arsenic. Even though the science shows that such low levels. . .
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