What does the term mean "organic meat" mean? When conditions are met such that the health needs and natural behavior of the animal are taken care of, then the philosophy of organic meat is being followed. Organic livestock are allowed to roam free, within certain bounds of course, as they would have done when they were wild with fresh air, fresh water, sunshine, green grass and pasture, etc. They are not feed any plastic pellets for roughage or other animal byproducts of any sort, nor are they given antibiotics and hormones. They are, however, allowed the opportunity to exercise with shelter provided only for their comfort, not as a means of containment. Is organic meat treated differently than other meat? Yes! Once a processing plant is ready to process organic meat, the plant has to completely shut down the processing system, thoroughly clean it, and then put it back together in order to process the organic meat so that there is no "contamination" with regular meat. Thus, when you buy organic meat it will be 100% organic meat with no regular meat included in it. Does organic meat taste differently than regular meat? Yes! When something is fed pure grains (meaning no plastic pellets), allowed free range (to roam freely around the farm or ranch), is not mistreated or stressed, not feed hormones and antibiotics, and all the other criteria that go into organic meat, the end product tastes very different. There is a more pure taste to it with the flavors being stronger than what you regularly buy. Often there is less fat as well so you get a better cut of meat and less byproduct when you buy organic meat. Is it better for me? The general concensus is "yes." Because the organic meat has not been fed hormones, you do not ingest hormones either. Because the organic meat has avoided ingesting plastic pellets, you avoid the byproducts of that in the meat. Since the organic meat was not fed other animal byproducts, there is less concern of bacteria being introduced into the meat while it was alive. Does it matter if it is certified organic meat? Yes! The rancher or farmer goes through certification of their processes and their ranches in order to be certified. The animal feeding, living conditions, health care practices, slaughtering, and processing is all standardized, inspected, and certified before any meat is able to be sold as organic meat.
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