Consumer groups have hit out at international trade secretary Liam Fox’s claim that accepting chlorinated chicken in a post-Brexit trade deal with the US would not harm food standards.
Watchdog Which? said that one of the reasons why foodborne disease rates are so much higher in the US is because the practice is often used as a “desperate attempt to make up for widespread safety problems in food production” and could increase the number of food poisoning bugs such as salmonella.
