Myth about hormone use in poultry still spreading

No matter how much those in the poultry industry want it to, the phrase “hormone-free chicken” just doesn’t seem like it will go away.  But the problem is, the myth about hormone use in poultry production is at least partially being perpetuated by the companies that market poultry products.  General Mills, the parent company of soup maker Progresso, is one of those companies guilty of that. In September, General Mills issued a press release stating that it is “now using only 100 percent  antibiotic- and hormone-free chicken breasts in all of its 36 chicken soup varieities.”