Carol is right on target. We have some friends that raise " all natural, 100% drug free" pork. The penalties and liability is very high. They have all their feed custom mixed and raised to be all natural. They have extremely sterile hog units from farrowing to finishing ( example: shower in-shower out). All sows are artificially inseminated so as not to bring any diseases or chemicals in to the opertion. They have the data to back up that their feed is drug free. Any one can say it's natural. Another man in this area riases all natural beef, pork and poultry. He also raises all his own chemically free crops to mix for the feed to feed his animals. One little bit of anything that isn't natural and they could be facing very stiff penalties if a customer had a reaction to their products. There are very stiff regulations and I'm sure they would be the same for sheep as they are for other livestock. You should contact the USDA site to get more information. ! Sue Miller
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