THE GUARDIAN: PM to tell farmers he will never do a trade deal that includes practices associated with US factory farms
Rishi Sunak has vowed to take chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef off British tables in future trade deals, promising to put UK farming at the heart of government trade policy.
“There will be no chlorine-washed chicken and no hormone-treated beef on the UK market. Not now, not ever,” he will tell farmers in a letter unveiling a new government policy to improve British food security.
And in a swipe at his predecessor, Liz Truss, the prime minister will also tell the farming community that they will not be “an afterthought” in deals with foreign farmers. » | Lisa O'Carroll and Helena Horton | Tuesday, May 16, 2023
”No chlorinated chicken or hormone-fed beef” in future trade deals? I should bloody well think not! We don’t need American crap on our supermarket shelves! Just take a look at the health of the average American! Do we need to import these health problems into the UK in our food supply?
If we had never left the European Union, with its far, far superior food and health standards, we wouldn’t have this problem today.
Further, Mr Sunak, money talks. So, I doubt that you will be strong enough to say no to any future American trade deal which includes chlorinated chicken or hormone-fed beef. Your words, Mr Sunak, sound great, but they are as empty as a brothel after a police raid! – © Mark Alexander
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