💦🐔#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. manifesto promised not to "compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare & food standards” in trade deals
But in May, encouraged by Tory whip, MPs voted against an amendment stopping low-quality imports ow.ly/l3qL50A3LSI
But in May, encouraged by Tory whip, MPs voted against an amendment stopping low-quality imports ow.ly/l3qL50A3LSI
The #AgricultureBill reading was an opp. to deliver the #GreenBrexit Govt promised
The amendment supported a move to #agroecology & to prohibit imports of low welfare & environmentally damaging produce
Votes against the amendment mean more work is needed
ow.ly/bQOD50zG2C5
The amendment supported a move to #agroecology & to prohibit imports of low welfare & environmentally damaging produce
Votes against the amendment mean more work is needed
ow.ly/bQOD50zG2C5
The bill has reached the House of Lords today and we hope the debate will result in some commitments from Government that uphold previous promises to protect UK standards.
@Sustain @vickihird news.sky.com/story/agricult…
@Sustain @vickihird news.sky.com/story/agricult…
💦🐔 And it’s not just #ChlorinatedChicken
🇺🇸🇬🇧 There are other practices allowed in US food production that currently aren’t permitted in UK food standards. ow.ly/4QKz50A3Rqt
🇺🇸🇬🇧 There are other practices allowed in US food production that currently aren’t permitted in UK food standards. ow.ly/4QKz50A3Rqt
💚🚜 Our organic standards won't change as we transition out of the EU, but it's crucial that trade deals do not allow harmful or unethical products onto 🇬🇧 shelves
Our policy team are working hard to influence Govt. on the risks US imports pose to food safety & to 🇬🇧 farmers
Our policy team are working hard to influence Govt. on the risks US imports pose to food safety & to 🇬🇧 farmers
