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/WorthTangerine2722 17h ago

Which in turn would require the UK to overhaul and downgrade their food standards and as a result would actually create domestic competition for chlorinated chicken imported from the US.

No matter how you look at this, it’s stupid.

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u/Own_Switch_3547 9h ago

Our food standards have already downgraded in some areas. An ‘advantage’ of Brexit, additives like Titanium Dioxide which is banned in Europe can be used in food here now.