Or, here's a crazy idea, the US could start meeting the basic safety and animal welfare standards that the entirety of Europe long ago decided was the basic minimum required for something to be suitable for human consumption.
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And that’s basically it!
Then how could they poison everyone as cheaply as possible?
"I'll drop the tariffs for EU if they accept American beer" -Trump, next week
(I don't have much against American beer. But you have to understand that this joke absolutely had to be made. There was no other possible outcome.)
For now it's a "joke", next week it'll be recorded history
There's no way that the uk is going to be ok with this. It's gross and not how the world works. Stop it America
Don't be so sure, did you see the quote fom next UK prime minister.
A total cunt admitted he would allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US.
I hope the people of the UK avoid buying it
Or, and here me out here, the UK and EU arrange the most passive aggressive reconciliation ever by removing trade tariffs from one another, then slap a huge tax on any assets owned by the ruler of a foreign nation in their territory.
Chlorinated chicken dipped in swimming pool water
A 2014 report by US non-profit Consumer Reports found that 97 per cent of 300 American chicken breasts tested contained harmful bacteria, including Salmonella, campylobacter and E.Coli.
Around half of the chicken breasts tested also contained at least one type of bacteria that was resistant to three or more antibiotics.
Meanwhile, if you ate a large amount of chlorinated chicken – the equivalent to 5 per cent of your body weight in one day –you could be exposed to harmful levels of the chemical compound known as chlorate,
Yeah, I'd suggest holding out on this one. The way US farms raise chickens is deplorable and leads to the spread of disease.
Nigel Farage admitted he would allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US.
God, what a sniveling excuse for a politician.
generally kinda fucked up to think about raw meat being bulk shipped across oceans anyways