Anyone for chlorinated chicken?

Borobuddah said:
How did you calculate your ‘majority’?
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The majority on social media? By reading posts and assessing it's content. I'm not taking about the majority of the country, just the majority of Brexiteers I interact with on social media.

Relevant to this forum is it is, in itself, social media.
 
SmallTown said:
The majority on social media? By reading posts and assessing it's content. I'm not taking about the majority of the country, just the majority of Brexiteers I interact with on social media.

Relevant to this forum is it is, in itself, social media.
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That sounds like you are trying to say that you've done some critical thinking and yet it is clear from your regular ramblings that you don't. I look forward to seeing your data.
 
I suspect you’ll be waiting quite a while for that Mike. It’s possible his cleaning bill came in today hence the sudden Brexit ranting
 
The problem with allowing cheaper lower standard imports is that it risks wiping out the current UK high standard industry.
Once that goes it doesn't matter what the labelling says, there will be no choice.
 
Chlorinated chicken from the USA would have to be super cheap for it to be even worth putting in British supermarkets. You can get chicken now for under 3 pounds in supermarkets, what is the price of a rotisserie chicken these days? 4 or 5 quid?

Chicken from the UK and Ireland isn't going to disappear from our shops. It is all about having extra choice, personally I stick to what I regularly get. There's no guarantee that chlorinated chicken will even be part of the trade deal, just wait and see to which standards and regulations we keep or stick close to from the EU first.
 
I have lived here for 20 years and the reason for chlorinated chicken is the appalling conditions in which they are reared. The same goes for hormone- enhanced cattle. We always look for organic and grass-fed. It costs a lot more, but.......
Be assured, you do not want US food standards there - they are dreadful.
 
NYboro said:
I have lived here for 20 years and the reason for chlorinated chicken is the appalling conditions in which they are reared. The same goes for hormone- enhanced cattle. We always look for organic and grass-fed. It costs a lot more, but.......
Be assured, you do not want US food standards there - they are dreadful.
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My American friends used to always ask me to bring back Cadbury's chocolate, I used to often wonder why they loved it so much. And then I tried American chocolate....
 
We should not lower our food standards. We should be raising them if anything. Rent is too high and food is too cheap. We should be attaching value to people that make things rather than people that own things. We don't want the risk of people undercutting by selling an inteferior product at a loss with the aim of wiping out the competition and establishing a monopoly. And we should try to be more not less self sufficient and have simpler supply chains.
 
mitch_at_merseyside said:
From personal experience, chlorinated chicken tasted just as nice as any other chicken in the US and back home in the UK.

I can see something of a compromise on this, we agree to importing US chlorinated chicken but will be clearly labelled in supermarkets. Either way, you have a choice in your local supermarkets, if you don't like it, don't buy it.
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Are you back here then Mitch?
 
The reason its cleaned that way is because of lower overall safety standards. There is a Pindex video which explains all of this. The UK has one of the highest food safety standards in the world (A), the US is significantly worse (D). If they want to import it, it should be clearly labelled as such and people can make a choice. Personally, I've cut down on my meat intake a lot, but if I did want it, I'd avoid the US stuff and stick with the higher priced UK and Irish equivalents. I know not everyone can make that choice, so as long as its clearly marked, people can make an informed decision.
 
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