General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump admin to pay to take British journalists on 'chlorinated chicken' tours
The Trump administration has reportedly offered to pay up to $92,000 for an organization to host British journalists in the U.S. and tour U.S. poultry farms in an attempt to dispel what the federal government says are myths about product standards.
Citing a tender, BuzzFeed News reported Friday that the administration is seeking organizers that can plan a trip to chicken farms in the U.S., including both organic and convention farming methods.
The tours would be an attempt to persuade the British public that concerns about "chlorinated chicken" and other worries about antibiotics and animal welfare standards are unfounded, according to BuzzFeed.
The trip is meant to smooth out issues that have arisen as a result of the U.S. and United Kingdom seeking to strike a trade deal following the Britain's 2017 decision to leave the European Union, which is set to occur at the end of next month but has yet to be approved by Parliament.
British consumers are thought to be resistant to purchasing U.S. meat products because of wariness of American safety standards. In particular, concerns have arisen around chickens washed in chlorine, a standard practice in the U.S. that is banned in the U.K.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-admin-to-pay-to-take-british-journalists-on-chlorinated-chicken-tours-report/ar-AAGUc5J?li=BBnbcA1
Hekate
(90,674 posts)My news on this comes from the Los Angeles Times and Consumer Reports, both of whom care about facts.
Yes, our chicken factory-farms and mass processing plants are so unsanitary that they do dunk raw chickens in bleach. And yet we still have disease outbreaks -- while members of the EU do not.
I no longer bother to buy raw poultry because you just have to assume salmonella and you don't want that in your kitchen. Costco sells a nice roast chicken, and I can do a lot with that.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)Karadeniz
(22,513 posts)Turkeys into a grinder to kill them! If that's how they dispatch chickens, I don't think the British will feel relieved.
womanofthehills
(8,703 posts)Ours are dirty because our chickens are so overcrowded. Therefore, we wash all our eggs in detergent destroying the protective shell.
Eggs are not allowed to be washed in UK - they must be clean.