Healthy Living

Beef science expert on hormones and antibiotics

Should consumers worry about hormones and antibiotics when it comes to beef?   Animal Science Expert Jude Capper says all the foods we eat, whether an apple or a cheeseburger, contain hormones.  Steak from a hormone implanted beef animal does have more estrogen than in a non-implanted animal nanograms. But, she says, consider how small a Nanogram is.  As for antibiotics, she says they are not allowed to be in the end product.

HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAM – Beef science expert (1:30 mp3)