Although broiler chicken is an “easily available and cheap” source of meat for a large part of the country’s population, there has been a long-standing concern about the presence of harmful antibiotics and heavy metals in it. However, a recent government study says that broiler chickens are safe to eat and pose no risk to public health.
Funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council conducted the study on 315 samples from 1,200 broiler chickens and 30 broiler chicken feed from across the country to identify the presence of 10 antibiotics and three heavy metals in meat, bones, liver. Kidneys, gizzards and chicken feed of broiler chickens.