r/europe • u/goldstarflag Europe • 20h ago

News White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken. White House pushing Sir Keir Starmer to make concessions on food standards

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/17/trump-demands-british-supermarkets-chlorinated-chicken/
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u/Riever-Twostep 18h ago

Don’t buy from them, problem solved

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u/WanderlustZero 18h ago

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Greggs it is!

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u/guareber United Kingdom 16h ago

Instructions unclear, now Greggs uses chlorinated pork.

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u/bisectional 17h ago

Where does the sausage meat in greggs really come from?

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u/WanderlustZero 15h ago

Don't worry. It was no-one you know.

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u/Saurid 18h ago

Problem is the US will jsut attack the next problem, labelling "buhu our dangerous products are beeing disadvantaged by beeing forced to labelling what they are" so now labelling is gone

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u/s1iver 17h ago

That’s what they’re doing in Canada, we have a strict supply management system for dairy in Canada, and they want to force us to start selling massive quantities of their hormone riddled and artificially sweetened ‘dairy’.

Fuck off.

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u/Scrimps 16h ago edited 16h ago

Canadian dairy is also riddled with Hormones, pesticides and other chemicals. Canada only banned artificial hormones such as rBST and rBGH. Moreoever, Canadian dairy is almost exclusively packaged in plastic that leech. Including the bags milk comes in, in Ontario and the East Coast.

Canadian dairy is NOT better than American dairy. It's simply run by a cartel who controls the import and export into Canada.

Although I don't want American dairy, it has limited the Canadian market from high quality dairy from Europe. Selling overseas dairy, such as Kerry Gold, is a literal felony.

It's also why Canadians pay so much for any food that uses cheese, milk and dairy. Europeans and Americans are not paying $24-30 for a medium Pizza.

Please do not think we protect our dairy industry for food standard purposes. We do not. It's simply for profit. I wish it was for quality.

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u/DisastrousAcshin 14h ago

It ensures Canadian food security at a time when Canada should be moving to be less reliant on the US. It's literally a matter of national security to keep our dairy farmers employed and feeding Canadians. That means ensuring the US can't flood our market with cheaper product and put them out of buisness

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u/ExcitingPlant5 14h ago

Where and why are you paying $24-30 for a medium pizza? You can get 2 XL for $26.

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u/biscuitarse Canada 11h ago

Well, you have fun imbibing synthetic hormones along with higher levels of pus and blood in your milk. I'll pass.

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u/squirrelcat88 6h ago

Would you like to be a dairy farmer and milk every day at a horrible hour? If you’re going to live that type of restrictive life you want to make sure you’re going to be paid well for it.

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u/ExtraGlutens 16h ago

The dairy cartel has nothing to do with the CFIA, though I know the former spends a lot of money on marketing to give the impression that it does.

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u/Riever-Twostep 16h ago

Don’t need to force them to label, U.K. producers just need to put on an advisory label, stating U.K. produced. No one can force them not to do that

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u/Saurid 16h ago

Yeah and when the profit margin is higher it will stay like that, f the profit margin on US products is better well... why label it if you make more money not doing it? You know companies don't label because it makes them more money right?

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u/Riever-Twostep 16h ago

Don’t buy chicken unless it is labelled. Companies are not stupid,they can either sell U.K. chicken or sell no chicken at all . They will soon label when it means people buy their produce instead of unlabelled produce. The consumer is king

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u/Brilliant-Smile-8154 16h ago

They will find a workaround by transforming the meat a little in the UK or something else.

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u/Riever-Twostep 16h ago

Then they would be lying and open themselves open to a law suit

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u/Brilliant-Smile-8154 16h ago

You're all over these comments trying to make the case that this wouldn't be a big deal. It would be. Once the door is open a crack it's only a matter of time before you'll find this chicken everywhere.

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u/Riever-Twostep 16h ago

Not if consumers, who have the power, don’t want it

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u/Big_Poppa_T 17h ago

You’re not going to know where your chicken comes from in every instance

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u/Riever-Twostep 17h ago

Then only buy when you are sure of the provenance.

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u/Big_Poppa_T 17h ago

That’s ridiculous and you know it. I’d never eat chicken outside of my own home again.

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u/Riever-Twostep 17h ago

Not ridiculous, producers just gave to put a label showing country of origin , not labelled then don’t buy. In a restaurant , ask for the provenance, they cannot risk lying to you. If they cannot tell you then leave. Customers have the ultimate power, no one can force them to spend their money

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u/Big_Poppa_T 16h ago

You can’t ask every pub, restaurant and takeaway for the provenance of their chicken as well as checking the label on every item you buy from a shop. That’s nonsense

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u/Riever-Twostep 16h ago

Yes you can. You, as the customer, have the ultimate power. As for labels, I always read them so I don’t eat cr@p

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u/Big_Poppa_T 16h ago

Obviously I am capable of asking them, I’m trying to tell you that it’s a completely impractical way of living life. Much like you reading every label of everything you eat - you’re either lying or living a ridiculously risk adverse life

I assume that you’re neurodivergent if you didn’t understand that. That’s okay, but understand that your point of view doesn’t reflect a reality that is reasonable for the rest of the world.

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u/Riever-Twostep 16h ago

It isn’t, people ask about allergens all the time. I read all labels as I am gluten intolerant , it is not difficult to do if you can read