01-03-2021, 13:34
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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
I watched a channel 4 documentary called the truth about chlorinated chicken the other day, the thing I took from it is if we let it in there is no way we couldn't drop our standards here to compete with them, the practices from handling the meat, to conditions in the factory for cleanliness and opportunities for cross contamination are not things we should tolerate here under any circumstances and that's without even mentioning how the staff are treated
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Animal husbandry in the US is among the worst in the world. Why, even if safe, would we want to promote that?
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This is a red herring.
I buy all the food in my house, and I won't buy US chicken even it was 99% cheaper than British.
Consumers rule when it comes to buying, look at the sale of EU items which IIRC has plummeted by 50%+.
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