Does ITALY allow farmers to inject Steroids & antibitoics in the Meat & Poultry?
Italy does not use hormones or anything that could produce a hormonal effect. But they still can use antibiotics as there is nothing stated in the law banning them. Quote from website here: “Law No. 3, prohibiting the use of oestrogens as growth stimulants or sex inhibitors in animals whose meat or products are intended for human consumption. – 3.II.1961 – Gazzetta Ufficiale No. 43, 18.II.1961, p. 714. Prohibits the use of synthetic and natural oestrogens as growth stimulants or sex inhibitors; the prohibition also covers poultry and other farm animals marketed live, as well as imported products. – Ministerial Decree prohibiting the holding by stockbreeders, or the administration by them to animals, of substances having a hormonal or anti-hormonal action. – 15.I.1969 – C.U. No. 16, 20.I.1969, p. 366. Prohibits the holding or administration, under any form whatsoever, of substances having a hormonal action (e.g., oestrogens, androgens, progestins) or anti-hormonal action (e.g. thyreosta
