Much of our chicken is raised here, then sent to China for processing and sent back to the U.S. Heaven only knows what the filthy Chinese dose the chicken with to make it presentable after its long ocean voyage.
I never knew this, but Perp says there is a gast difference.
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-much-chlorine-is-in-our-ch-7CmwkY2oSUupfiP72IYbWw
Chicken: “I was in the pool!”
Chicken have it tuff they don’t die of old age must be their looks?.
I still use the same method my mother used in preparing chicken.
My fresh killed chicken after defeathering and gutting sits in brined (Salt) water overnight. I rinse the fowl in clear water before cooking.
Seems to work for me.
There is zero scientific evidence that either chlorine or other chemical washes they dunk the chicken breasts in in order to kill the bacteria on them is harmful to human health. None. Zero. So they can't claim its "unhealthy".
No, their complaint is that it works too well. Its too effective....meaning you could have dirtier chicken houses yet still produce perfectly safe chicken because this process is so effective at killing germs and bacteria. So based on nothing more than the suspicion that health standards in the poultry industry are lower in the US but can be compensated for by a chlorine wash of the chicken meat, the EU and UK have banned it.
In the same way that gosh, they'll just have to ban those American high tech companies for allowing free speech on their platforms. EVEN INCLUDING US Citizen Musk interviewing US candidate Donald Trump in America for a US election on his own platform. YES! They actually said/did this!
Personally I think we ought to say American roads are allergic to European cars and therefore we can't have any cars produced in Europe on our roads. Hey, its just as reasonable.
I only buy chicken, eggs, beef, pork, etc... from local farmers that I know and trust. More expensive? Sure, but worth it, it is processed locally, and tastes better too.
Got to tour a hog processing plant that I was doing some work on. The place smelled like oranges. They used orange oil to keep the equipment clean. Orange oil is very expensive.
NPR hates America.
So the Europeans prefer that vaccinations and different types of additives be ingested and injected by and into the chicken so the consumers can ingest them while eating their “sanitized” chicken, rather than a wash over the outer surfaces, which can be washed off after purchase.
No wonder the EU is in such a turmoil with people running on vaccinations and different types of additives. I do remember that Germans liked to hang their beef until fly maggots had tenderized it - then they would scrape off the rotted bits.
“Risk averse” is just another word for “chicken shyt.”
U.S. chicken is 30–70% cheaper than most European markets, with extreme differences in high-cost countries like Switzerland. — cheaper to use chlorine to disinfect.
Foodborne illness rates linked to chicken consumption in the U.S. vs. Europe:
Campylobacteriosis
U.S.: 19.5 cases per 100,000 people (2019 data).
EU/UK: 98.4 cases per 100,000 (UK, 2018)
Salmonellosis
U.S.: 17.1 cases per 100,000 (2019).
EU/UK: 14.3 cases per 100,000 (UK, 2018)
U.S. chicken: 30–58% Campylobacter prevalence, ~24% Salmonella.
EU chicken: Lower Salmonella but higher Campylobacter detection, partly due to cold-air chilling (no antimicrobial washes)
Bottom line: Your European / UK chicken costs a lot more but it’s worth it! You get sick a lot more often from Euro/UK chicken.
America 🇺🇸 deplores NPR. How safe are American tax dollars?
We need to clean up our food supply—and not keep trying to force it on the rest of the world!
It’s just slamming the country with BS lies, deceit and half truths because that’s the in thing right now. NPR is garbage and the EU are Fascists
I rather prefer chicken without built in salmonella.
If the EU is willing to accept US chicken if its rules are followed, then follow its rules if you want EU sales.
I haven’t eaten a turkey for years. Since I opened up the package and smelled formaldehyde. And now, every time I think of a chicken or a turkey unless it’s organic I can’t even think about eating it.
God the level of ignorance is appalling. Go to your sink turn it on, pour a glass and drink it. Oh the horrors chlorine! It is in every municipal water supply and most well water systems use chlorine tablets too. There is no other better disinfectant, ozone works but has no lasting effect so if you store the water it goes off quickly same UVC light treatments it’s instant and then not effective. For lasting effect you need a halide ion and chlorine is the best one.