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I posted a reel recently that raised the question, what type of plastic is the new Costco rotisserie chicken bag made of? Thanks to you guys it has over 5M views. Thousands of you tagged Costco in your comments, but the outcry apparently wasn't enough. As I feared, I didn't hear back from the Costco corporate office, but Costco Canada did respond to a Canadian follower who tagged them in the post. Here's what they said: "Thank you for your post about our rotisserie chicken program here in Canada. Our rotisserie bags are laminated with two polypropylene materials to have the PP#5 designation and have been thoroughly tested making each bag highly recyclable and 100% food safe here in Canada." I'm not sure how recyclable it is with all that food residue, but I was glad to hear that they are using a bag with an IRC code of 5. It's the best plastic to use for hot food. But I still don't know if that is what is used in the US or other countries. Costco won't answer. They established their own feed mill, hatchery, and processing facility in Freemont, Nebraska, in 2016. You can do that when you sell over 100M chickens a year. But they send the roasters directly to each warehouse for finishing, so I don't know how that varies in different countries. I heard from thousands of you and some just don't trust the poultry processing industry, and I can't say I blame you. Although antibiotics and hormones are prohibited, there are a number of additives in the brine to give it that moist meat. And carrageenan is one of them. There are studies that show an increased inflammatory response to carrageenan. It's safety is still a matter of debate. Some folks find sodium phosphate which is added as a preservative and to retain moisture, gives it a chemical taste, but chemists say that may be a similar effect as cilantro which tastes like soap to some people but not others. It's not unsafe, but you be the judge on taste. I still want to know what the bags they use in the US are made of if you're listening, Costco.