The U.K. government has repeatedly denied it would accept lower food standards post-Brexit.
could ultimately depend on the outcome of a controversial debate about whether it is acceptable to wash chicken in chlorine.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has hinted the U.K. could accept chlorine-washed chicken in a post-Brexit trade deal, while Environment Secretary Michael Gove —to become prime minister — has insisted it would be a "red line" in future trade talks with Washington. Instead, the EU insists meat must not be washed with any substance other than water unless it has explicitly been approved by the European Commission.
We don't need to fall back on this end kind of process treatment… There is absolutely no need for compromise."It is entirely legitimate to require high standards of food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare but it must be recognized that these things come at a cost. A cost which is often not borne by overseas competitors, potentially putting U.K. farmers at an unfair disadvantage," the NFU said.
The U.S. has since cited the ban on the use of PRTs as one of the stumbling blocks to increased trade with the EU. In Europe, it is thought that if the U.K. were to accept treating meat with chlorine as the price of a free trade deal with the U.S., it could make it difficult to sell British meat to the EU.
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