Quote Originally Posted by lisvaneblue View Post
For the record washing chickens in chlorinated water was the norm in UK until EU banned it because of the risk that it could hide bad hygiene standards. This is n to to say USA has bad hygiene standards as you are implying.

Many of the bagged salads and other fresh prepared veg purchased in UK has been washed in chlorinated water.

What's the issue. Non other than our farmers believe that USA could produce cheaper chickens.

At the end of the day people will have the choice at no extra cost.
I admire your faith that the food labelling regulations we currently have, all defined by EU Regulation or Directive, will persist post transition period. Seems to me that the key architects of Brexit were the people most keen on a bonfire of EU red tape such as precisely how to label a chicken.

In any event the Trade deal with the US may come with stipulations that country of origin is not labelled to allow everyone the choice people think they will have.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-a8295141.html

But even if we agree to import all this stuff, we don’t have to buy it, do we (you may ask)? We can just buy British or “farm assured”, surely?

Yes and no. The US objects to COOL (“Country of Origin Labelling”) as it can refer to “country of birth, fattening, and slaughter of animals; country of milking, packaging, or processing for dairy products; and country of cultivation and processing for wheat”.

So post-Brexit, chances are you’ll be shopping blind, unable to avoid genetically modified American “cheddar”, even if you wanted to.[/I]