[mcv]

I strongly doubt they shred the plastic packaging into the feed. That said, plastic is already in everything. It's in our blood, in the placenta of fetuses. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a chicken that doesn't have microplastics in its blood.

[heurisko]

It's apparently not economical to separate the plastic packaging from expired product. I've seen the same happen to old packets of biscuits being shredded.

I always think environmental charities should prepare an advert against the practice with a family eating breakfast, then one person picking some plastic packaging from their teeth.

You can see a Youtube video of it happening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSse5hX4hI4

[mcv]

But that video shows them separating the packaging from the food.

[heurisko]

I may have not used the right video, I can remember watching a documentary in the UK where things weren't separated properly, and they showed pieces of blue wrapping still in the feed.

[chaostheory]

This is old news. It's a common practice that is still being done.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/15/legal-pl...

There's even tiktok videos of people doing it.

[xigency]

It is actually legal to do so in most states, and since it’s cheaper, you can be sure that it happens.

[mcv]

That's sadly a very convincing argument.