I called the company that produces "All Natural" "Honeysuckle White" ground turkey because they list the ingredients in their product as Turkey and Natural Flavoring. I had to leave a message but to my surprise they called back in about 10 minutes. She first told me it was proprietory information, then when I told her my story and how I was trying to figure out my intolerances and how limited my diet was she told me in kind of a hushed voice that it was rosemary. They put rosemary in their turkey products to enhance the flavor.
This morning I had a turkey burger and buckwheat cereal for breakfast and even after the first bite of the turkey burger I was getting that gurgle in my stomach. Do you think that I am intolerant to rosemary? I think I must be!
If I can find organic turkey will it be just turkey and nothing else period!?
Pat
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Hi Pat,
I don't know for sure if organic turkey would just be turkey all the time. Remember about a week ago when I had a reaction to turkey? The ingredient on that organic turkey was "Ground Turkey," so allegedly there was nothing else in it, but I know I react to that turkey if not to others. That was a frozen turkey burger from a national brand, though. What I normally do is buy meat from my local HFS that is produced by local farms. These are small businesses that are usually happy to talk about how they handle their meat products, and it's usually pretty easy to get in touch with people who know what they're talking about. I would say that might be a more reliable approach than buying organic turkey from a national company. Do you have anything like that near you?
Courtney
I don't know for sure if organic turkey would just be turkey all the time. Remember about a week ago when I had a reaction to turkey? The ingredient on that organic turkey was "Ground Turkey," so allegedly there was nothing else in it, but I know I react to that turkey if not to others. That was a frozen turkey burger from a national brand, though. What I normally do is buy meat from my local HFS that is produced by local farms. These are small businesses that are usually happy to talk about how they handle their meat products, and it's usually pretty easy to get in touch with people who know what they're talking about. I would say that might be a more reliable approach than buying organic turkey from a national company. Do you have anything like that near you?
Courtney
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Pat,
I believe that Courtney is quite correct, that organic certification only pertains to the way an animal, bird, fish, grain, or whatever, is grown/fed/produced. There is nothing in the regulations that prevents a producer from adding any otherwise legal ingredient, during or after production, so long as it is an organically certified input item, and it is properly listed on the label.
Unfortunately, we are always at the mercy of the integrity of producers and processors, (and shippers and warehouses, etc.), and we have to trust that they, (and their employees), follow the rules, and that they're also conscientious enough to go out of their way to prevent any possibility of accidental contamination, because there is no way that the USDA, or FDA, or any other regulatory agency, (or individual, for that matter), can afford to test for any and all possible additives or contaminants, etc., because most of them have to be tested for individually, and since the potential number of possibilities can run in the hundreds or thousands, to do so would be prohibitively expensive. Therefore, while USDA makes random spot checks from time to time, for the most common problems, (such as salmonella, E. coli, etc.), most real-life problems, (the ones that make the headlines), come to light following the filing of many complaints about a certain product, or a tip-off from a "whistle-blower" employee. Food intolerances are probably way down on the list of priorities, since most people are likely to be more concerned about the stuff that makes the headlines, and causes the recalls that can cost in the millions, and even billions of dollars.
Here's a short list of organic producers, and the first four offer chickens - the fourth appears to be in your part of Texas, also. The name seems to ring a bell, but I'm not sure why - I don't believe I know them.
http://www.heall.com/resource/food/texas.htm
Here's a much longer list. Most are beef producers, but a few produce poultry, and other items:
http://www.eatwild.com/products/texas.html
Tex
I believe that Courtney is quite correct, that organic certification only pertains to the way an animal, bird, fish, grain, or whatever, is grown/fed/produced. There is nothing in the regulations that prevents a producer from adding any otherwise legal ingredient, during or after production, so long as it is an organically certified input item, and it is properly listed on the label.
Unfortunately, we are always at the mercy of the integrity of producers and processors, (and shippers and warehouses, etc.), and we have to trust that they, (and their employees), follow the rules, and that they're also conscientious enough to go out of their way to prevent any possibility of accidental contamination, because there is no way that the USDA, or FDA, or any other regulatory agency, (or individual, for that matter), can afford to test for any and all possible additives or contaminants, etc., because most of them have to be tested for individually, and since the potential number of possibilities can run in the hundreds or thousands, to do so would be prohibitively expensive. Therefore, while USDA makes random spot checks from time to time, for the most common problems, (such as salmonella, E. coli, etc.), most real-life problems, (the ones that make the headlines), come to light following the filing of many complaints about a certain product, or a tip-off from a "whistle-blower" employee. Food intolerances are probably way down on the list of priorities, since most people are likely to be more concerned about the stuff that makes the headlines, and causes the recalls that can cost in the millions, and even billions of dollars.
Here's a short list of organic producers, and the first four offer chickens - the fourth appears to be in your part of Texas, also. The name seems to ring a bell, but I'm not sure why - I don't believe I know them.
http://www.heall.com/resource/food/texas.htm
Here's a much longer list. Most are beef producers, but a few produce poultry, and other items:
http://www.eatwild.com/products/texas.html
Tex
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