Chlorinated Chicken

[Sinbad Skullhead]

Im sure our farmers will be delighted to be shit on. Watching countryfile will be interesting.

 

[seaham ftm]

Sunlit uplands of eating chlorinated chicken

 

[Deleted member 26533]

This whole subject is bulllshit anyroad.More project fear to put us off leaving the EU.

Why is it 'project fear'?

 

[Shambo]

You said it was so they could have low welfare standards. The welfare standards were low before they started chlorinating chicken. The chlorination process was to make the shit they already ate safe

That is incorrect. The chlorine is to counteract the appalling welfare standards used in american poultry farming.

 

[MackemSmokey]

I’m sure there is something like 0.5% in it aswell.Might be totally wrong mind.

This whole subject is bulllshit anyroad.More project fear to put us off leaving the EU.
David Cameron’s adviser was on BBC news last night and he stated that Cameron was going to use “Fear” to win the vote in the referendum.What a f***ing pity.

aye ur reet mate didnt nar that till i just looked it up

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[worcestermakem]

Why are people so opposed to it being imported into the UK?

Not just chlorination but US chickens are given antibiotics.
If the US standards are so high why would they need this?

 

[pillars of hercules]

It's nothing to do with the effect on people eating it. America uses chlorine to wash chickens so that they can have very low standards on animal welfare.

They already had those low standards. So the Americans introduced this process so they could have low standards when they already had the very same low standards?

 

[DoctorMick]

I don’t understand why we would import chicken all the way from America, the good miles on that is ridiculous and it must take a while to get here. surely we have the capability to rear our own?

 

[pillars of hercules]

Not just chlorination but US chickens are given antibiotics.
If the US standards are so high why would they need this?

The question was regarding chlorination.

The welfare issue is a separate thing as is the use of antibiotics, hormones, sow crates etc.

 

[JonMc]

That's incorrect. They chlorinate chicken to make it safer. The welfare standards are a different matter.

Chlorine itself is safe. We eat chlorinated salad all the time and the chlorine kills the any micronasties. But the lad is correct. We are supposed to get chicken micronasty free but the USA loves the 'magic pill' treatment and chlorine is a way of killing off stuff like salmonella which is a result of poor quality, intensive farming which souldn't be there in the first place.

If they get into our country then any well produced chicken products we export to Europe will be under scrutiny to make sure it's not the lower quality stuff we import.

 

[martinlumley]

I prefer the veggie version, just a cup of chlorine. mmmmmmm!

 

[JonMc]

The question was regarding chlorination.

The welfare issue is a separate thing as is the use of antibiotics, hormones, sow crates etc.

Not when the chlorine is used as a get out of jail card. It's really the heart of the issue.

 

[errant]

The question was regarding chlorination.

The welfare issue is a separate thing as is the use of antibiotics, hormones, sow crates etc.

Were you really interested in the answer, or just fishing?

 

[Sinbad Skullhead]

They already had those low standards. So the Americans introduced this process so they could have low standards when they already had the very same low standards?

jesus

The question was regarding chlorination.

The welfare issue is a separate thing as is the use of antibiotics, hormones, sow crates etc.

No its not its the same thing it all goes into one pot and its all going to be eaten. Unless you know of something to do with a chlorinated chicken besides consuming it.

 

[worcestermakem]

The question was regarding chlorination.

The welfare issue is a separate thing as is the use of antibiotics, hormones, sow crates etc.

Not separate at all.
Both chlorination and hormone injections are indicators of poor farming practices and lazy simplistic solutions to problems caused by those practices.

 

[Shambo]

They already had those low standards. So the Americans introduced this process so they could have low standards when they already had the very same low standards?

Chlorine is uses to tackle those low standards

 

[pillars of hercules]

Chlorine itself is safe. We eat chlorinated salad all the time and the chlorine kills the any micronasties. But the lad is correct. We are supposed to get chicken micronasty free but the USA loves the 'magic pill' treatment and chlorine is a way of killing off stuff like salmonella which is a result of poor quality, intensive farming which souldn't be there in the first place.

If they get into our country then any well produced chicken products we export to Europe will be under scrutiny to make sure it's not the lower quality stuff we import.

The question was about the import of chlorinated chicken. It had no mention of country of origin, or welfare standards.

 

[Shambo]

The question was about the import of chlorinated chicken. It had no mention of country of origin, or welfare standards.

Chlorine is used specifically because of the low welfare standards

 

[JonMc]

The question was about the import of chlorinated chicken. It had no mention of country of origin, or welfare standards.

It was asking why people were opposed to it and you are being told. If we import chlorinated meats then our high standard produce will be diluted by low quality imports which will have consequences for meat producers in this country.

The question as to why people are opposed to it is about standards and the impact of lowering standards. It's not about the chlorine itself. We eat chlorinated foods all the time. That is the answer. If you want a different answer then maybe you should ask a different question.

 

[pillars of hercules]

Were you really interested in the answer, or just fishing?

Yes I was interested in finding out why people are opposed to it.

People, because of the media seem to focus on the chlorination when as pointed out by others, this isn't the issue at all. It is the word 'chlorinated' that grabs the headlines, when we should be saying we will take any safe product as long as its source adheres to our welfare standards.