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💦🐔#ChlorinatedChicken... a thread
💦🥗 "We wash salad in chlorine so what's the problem?"
The problem is that 🇺🇸🐔 is washed in chlorine to treat high levels of bacteria, a symptom of poor hygiene & low animal welfare conditions ow.ly/6BQk50A3Jld independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…
💦🥗 "We wash salad in chlorine so what's the problem?"
The problem is that 🇺🇸🐔 is washed in chlorine to treat high levels of bacteria, a symptom of poor hygiene & low animal welfare conditions ow.ly/6BQk50A3Jld independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…
Rather than chlorine washing, UK farms use a “farm to fork” approach
This requires high hygiene & animal welfare standards all along the production chain ensuring food sold to consumers is safe
These standards mean chlorine washes aren't needed ow.ly/6BQk50A3Jld
This requires high hygiene & animal welfare standards all along the production chain ensuring food sold to consumers is safe
These standards mean chlorine washes aren't needed ow.ly/6BQk50A3Jld
🇬🇧🐔 Accepting #ChlorinatedChicken would condone US standards & also pressure UK farmers to lower their prices to compete against cheap, low-quality products
The average price of a whole chicken is £2.70/kg
🤔 Do we need to drive this down further? ow.ly/6BQk50A3Jld
The average price of a whole chicken is £2.70/kg
🤔 Do we need to drive this down further? ow.ly/6BQk50A3Jld
Govt has now published its 28 No-Deal Guidance documents.
On a skim, common themes are:
- Red tape (more of it);
- Increased price or trouble for most of us.
But don't worry. Blue passports late 2019. And the PM said it's not the end of the world.
gov.uk/government/col…
On a skim, common themes are:
- Red tape (more of it);
- Increased price or trouble for most of us.
But don't worry. Blue passports late 2019. And the PM said it's not the end of the world.
gov.uk/government/col…
Some highlights: "The government will invest £92 million from the Brexit readiness fund on an 18-month programme to design a UK Global Navigation Satellite System. This will inform the decision to create an independent system as an alternative to Galileo." /2
#notonthesideofabus
#notonthesideofabus
UK-based businesses, academics and researchers will not be eligible to bid for any future work on the EU Global Navigation Satellite System programmes. Onus on them to take steps to avoid penalties. /3
#notonthesideofabus
#notonthesideofabus
