The entire “chlorinated chicken” thing is about
1. Safeguarding British poultry
2. Animal rights as perceived by the British public
The British public is against the idea of battery chickens and theoretically prefer free-range chickens.
That’s where their entire scare about chlorinated chickens comes from.
No offense, but can you please stop writing as if no one has the same sources as you? You have the Guardian there which has been pushing poisonous chickens for a solid two years now along with the corn syrup hysteria. It is to frighten their gullible readers into wanting to remain in the EU.
Let me tell you about the British: if free-range chickens cost more than battery raised chickens, the average Brit is going for the caged bird no matter what song it sings.
You give the customers what they want.
If British chicken processors can get by without chlorine chicken baths, surely our processors can too.