Acronized Chicken

[seamunky]

I recently listened to a Gastropod (podcast) episode on the rise of chicken farming/availability/popularity in America. (I highly recommend this podcast series if you have not heard of it.)

I was shocked to learn of “acronized chicken” which was the process of dunking chicken carcasses in a solution of antibiotics before they were packaged for the market. Does anyone remember acronized chicken or the shelf life of chickens before acronization?

What are your thoughts?

[Thimes]

No ive never heard of that term. The add is a little before my time (not much based on the graphics lol). Interesting.

[greygarious (erica)]

It is my understanding that some restaurants dunk some of their animal proteins in diluted bleach to kill bacteria. I don’t know if supermarkets or their suppliers do anything similar. It doesn’t seem to be enough to affect flavor, and since pools and municipal water supplies are treated with chlorine, I am okay with this.