Trumps State visit- Monday 3rd June

Toko Black

And also the ethical issues of (i)animal welfare and (ii) increasing the population to higher risks of food poisoning.

(i) as a nation of animal lovers with a history of campaigning for animal welfare, it may be an issue for a significant number of people on the ethics of US farming techniques.
(ii) as mentioned, the increased risks of food poisoning will potentially cause sickness and in some cases deaths, especially in the young and infirm. It is not going to be a large increase, but an increase non the less.

Toko Black

No.

springtide

Unfortunately it doesn't as shown in various tests.

Pacifico

WOW! - what a lot of assumptions there.

The percentage of deaths from food poisoning in the US is irrelevant - what you need to know is the percentage of deaths from food poisoning by chickens contaminated at the farm. For example the last big food poisoning outbreak was caused by Californian lettuces. Also, due to its geography and climate, many instances of food poisoning are caused by failures in temperature control whilst food is being delivered to the store.

Once you have the data for deaths caused by contaminated chicken at the farm gate then you can make a determination as to what is cheaper for the economy.

As it is you are just guessing.

Toko Black

Unfortunately, I am sure some people will consider our arguments politically/anti-Brexit motivated rather than actually genuine health and hygiene advice (as advised by the NHS and CDC) and therefore will dismiss it.

Pacifico

If its financially cheaper to export beef from Argentina cheaper than European sourced meat then I would assume Chickens from the US would be cheaper as well.

Pacifico

Out of interest what do you eat when you go abroad?

Cliff

Yes and no.... I understand your argument that US chickens are somehow more contaminated, and washed to reduce the chances of food poisoning.

So, UK advice is not to wash the chicken because contamination could be splashed around.
Doesn't it follow that if the chicken was washed in the factory the chances of this happening would be less?

EarthRod

You have to bait the hook to make a catch

springtide

There is info here:
https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/chlorine-chicken-washed-chlorinated-germs-illness-safe/

It doesn't get rid of the bacteria as mentioned in the link, and food poising in the US is considerably higher than the UK:

Agricultural group Sustain, a farming alliance that promotes better food production practices, said figures suggest that the percentage of people who fall ill with food poisoning annually is ten times higher in the US than the UK.