[nomadking]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Yet again, you've failed to accept that EU migration to the UK provides a NET benefit. so your first paragraph is rubbish.

Sorry for the lapse on the US trade deal, was typing in multiple windows. Yes, of course no deal currently in place.

The EU's concern as you probably know regarding chlorine washing is that it allows or could be allowed for shortcuts to be taken in the slaughter process which are not as easily introduced via the cold air and water method. You're right, it's about the end result, so lets use the method that introduces least risk into the slaughter process. which is to still ban the use of chlorine washing.

Again, if you think for one second that a nation such as the UK (should Brexit occur) will have any considerable say in any of the major nation trade deals then you're in denial. We are going to be dictated too and we will have to accept what we're given in the vast majority of instances.

However, you were told that before, you didn't listen and there's evidence already of chickens coming home to roost.

BTW Brazil exports more chicken than the US because it's 5th biggest export (meat as a whole) US's meat exports don't even make the top ten.

Where is the evidence that US abattoirs are any less safe than EU ones? The supposed reason that chlorinated washing was banned is that it was BETTER for safety and therefore ALLEGEDLY hid problems. A bit like banning washing hands with soap and allowing jsut the use of water because using soap hides the fact that the hands were dirtier in the first place. The same chicken would be safer with a chlorinated wash than just cold air and water.



The large US and Brazilian chicken exports indicate that other countries are more than happy with their produce.

Chicken Exports by Country: Fresh

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of fresh or chilled chicken during 2017, encompassing both cut and uncut fresh meat:

1. Netherlands: US$1.4 billion (23.6% of fresh poultry meat exports)
2. Poland: $896.6 million (15.3%)
3. Belgium: $651 million (11.1%)
4. United States: $591.7 million (10.1%)
5. Germany: $464.4 million (7.9%)

Chicken Exports by Country: Frozen

Fresh chicken meat export leaders United States and Netherlands also make the list of major frozen chicken exporters. However, they fall well short of Brazil in topping international sales of frozen poultry.

Here are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of frozen chicken during 2017:

1. Brazil: US$6.4 billion (39.8% of total frozen poultry exports)
2. United States: $2.6 billion (16.1%)
3. Netherlands: $1.1 billion (6.7%)
4. Hong Kong: $834.7 million (5.2%)

April 2018

BRUSSELS/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Europe’s decision to ban meat imports from several Brazilian suppliers affects 30 to 35 percent of the country’s exports to the bloc and will force companies to find new markets while officials work to reverse the measure, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister said.

Therefore we could also ban specific problem US suppliers.