{"id":13950,"date":"2017-11-06T11:46:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T08:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/54634tt34\/en\/?page_id=13950"},"modified":"2017-11-23T16:04:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T13:04:55","slug":"organic-chicken-mean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/en\/organic-chicken-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does organic chicken mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chicken_02_biogreko_why.jpg\" alt=\"chicken 02 biogreko why\" width=\"492\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chicken_02_biogreko_why.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chicken_02_biogreko_why-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><b style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><\/i><\/b><strong><em>What does organic chicken mean?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The conditions to be fulfilled in order a chicken to be characterized organic are explicitly referred to in regulations 834\/2007 and 889\/2008 of the EU. There are set all restrictions and conditions regarding housing and breeding, feeding, diseases\u2019 treatment etc. The most significant points, wherefrom result the differences from the respective conventional ones, are:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The breeding conditions<\/strong>: organic chickens graze freely in certified organic farms. In this way they satisfy their natural need to move, dig and be exposed to natural light and fresh air. The breeds chosen are of slow growth, resistant to diseases and with developed instinct for movement and grazing. The slaughter age is at least 81 days (usually reaches 95 days) while for conventional chickens is usually less than 40.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Feeding<\/strong>: The diet of organic chickens, apart from grazing, includes certified organic cereals. The use of genetically modified animal feed, artificial amino-acids, animal fat and any kind of growth factors is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Methods of diseases\u2019 treatment.\u00a0<\/strong>For diseases\u2019 treatment the preventive use of antibiotics is prohibited, while there are used various alternative methods, such as homeopathy. Very small density in poultry houses (about 7 chickens\/ m<sup>2<\/sup>), all-day presence of chickens in exterior spaces, use of resistant breeds and lack of \u201cpressure\u201d generally towards the chicken in order to gain quickly weight are the determinants for the prevention of diseases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Control<\/strong><strong>\u00a0and<\/strong><strong>\u00a0certification<\/strong>. The control takes place at all stages of production: the fields, the poultry farms, the grazing spaces, the animal feed factories, the poultry slaughterhouses \u2013 packaging plants and the distribution procedure. It is effectuated by approved bodies and concerns all the enterprises that produce organic products. The products\u2019 traceability is absolutely guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, organic chicken farms are by definition small family units that produce qualitative products with respect to the environment and the sustainability. The choice of organic products generally assists to the viability of the countryside and the stay of young people at areas away from the cities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/simatabiogreco32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/simatabiogreco32.png 476w, https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/simatabiogreco32-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does organic chicken mean?\u00a0 \u00a0The conditions to be fulfilled in order a chicken to be characterized organic are explicitly referred to in regulations 834\/2007 and 889\/2008 of the EU. There are set all restrictions and conditions regarding housing and breeding, feeding, diseases\u2019 treatment etc. The most significant points, wherefrom result the differences from the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biogreco.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}