[Blurb2350]

Much of our chicken is raised here, then sent to China for processing and sent back to the U.S. Heaven only knows what the filthy Chinese dose the chicken with to make it presentable after its long ocean voyage.

[Responsibility2nd]

I wouldn’t have believed that, but yeah... Looks true.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/does-the-us-send-chickens-to-c-Nmbanxe4QUmLkrrgRLeBlw

[central_va]

Much of our chicken is raised here, then sent to China for processing and sent back to the U.S.

Doing that is INSANE. Sending the chicken 10,000 miles to process it??? WTH?

[TexasGator]

"Much of our chicken is raised here, then sent to China for processing and sent back to the U.S. Heaven only knows what the filthy Chinese dose the chicken with to make it presentable after its long ocean voyage."

National Chicken Council spokesperson Tom Super described the Facebook post as "fake news" in a July 12 email to USA TODAY. Super said there "have not been any shipments of US chicken sent to China to be processed and sent back here."

FALSE

"It makes zero economic sense to do so, especially in light of record input costs, and sky-high shipping and freight costs," Super said.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/07/15/fact-check-years-old-usda-rule-allows-china-process-us-poultry/10031250002/