Posted on 03/01/2020 4:38:12 AM PST by Cronos
Trade Secretary is to publish a blueprint for trade talks with the US on Monday
Chlorinated chicken will not be imported into the UK after Brexit, ministers said
'Opening our ports to food' which would be 'illegal to produce here' would be insane
It would be 'morally bankrupt', warned the NFU's Minette Batters, this week
Campaigners have warned against allowing in American farm produce, which they say is produced to lower standards.
But last night sources said ministers had agreed there will be no relaxation of animal welfare standards – effectively ruling out chlorinated chicken, which has acquired totemic status in the row over a trade deal with the US.
A senior minister told the Daily Mail that the decision over chlorinated chicken was partly because of hostile public opinion but primarily due to the potential impact on British farmers and the country’s animal welfare standards.
‘It’s not a health issue, it’s an animal welfare issue,’ the source said. ‘We are not lowering standards and that’s that.’
The decision will cheer farmers who have warned that allowing in food produced to lower standards will wreck British agriculture.
Campaigners claim that the US practice of giving chicken a chlorinated wash to remove harmful bacteria can compensate for poor hygiene and welfare standards on farms, allowing American producers to undercut their rivals....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The Brits can get their chicken from China.
Bangers and mash for dinner it is...
Talk about low standards!
The UK has absolutely terrible food standards.
I studied at Oxford University while earning an MBA. My first day in Oxford, I went to a pub and ordered “Buffalo Chicken Wings.”
When they came out, the platter of wings was covered in Buffalo sauce but they forgot to take the feathers off!
That was my wake up call that Brits have much, much lower standards of food than we do.
That wake up call got repeated often no matter where or what I ate there.
Anyone who’s ever had haggis or bangers and mash knows that the Brits are in no position to lecture us about the quality of our food.
So says the country known not only for foot-and-mouth disease but for Mad cow.
I didn’t know our chicken was chlorinated. I thought it was put into a salt brine. Maybe its a combination of the 2?
We must protect the rights of chickens right before we cut off their heads and eat them.
Its said that in Heaven the Italians will all be the cooks, the English will be the police, and the Germans will be the Engineers.
In Hell though, the English will be the cooks, the Germans will be the Police, and the Italians will be the Engineers.
“So says the country known not only for foot-and-mouth disease but for Mad cow. “
Yeah, really. How many cows have they had to kill in the past 25 years because of disease?
There ya go, loyal subjects. Your government unwittingly admits they care more about animals than people.
They’re eating chlorinated food from France right now. This is just the latest hysterical nonsense from remainers. Have you ever looked at what is in the meat and poultry section of Tescos, Waitrose or Sainbury’s? Hardly Harrod’s Food Hall.
“Although it has been proven safe, most chicken processing plants have moved away from the use of chlorine as a food safety application during the production process. The National Chicken Council in the United States would estimate that chlorine is used in some rinses and sprays in only about 10% of processing plants in the U.S. Most of the chlorine that is used in the industry is used for cleaning and sanitizing processing equipment.”
https://www.chickencheck.in/faq/chlorine-washed-chicken/
Much more info in the article. Link above and here.
https://www.chickencheck.in/faq/chlorine-washed-chicken/
US chickens are given a quick rinse with chlorinated water after slaughter, to clean them out. The salt brine is later.
Same exact link, not trying to confuse, but I guess I did.
Salt *is* sodium chloride.
Lower standards! Hah. Tell that to anyone unlucky enough to have had British cold cuts, or hot dogs. Puke!
I was just going to ping you M.M. :)
Yeah, I’ve taken my share of chem classes (organic, inorganic, biochem) But chlorinated in the U.S. means clorine, not salt.
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