Originally Posted by
goji
Everyone will not HAVE to eat chicken. I've not eaten the bloody stuff or any other meat for well over 30 years.
A more enlightened trade policy would be to allow complete free trade on agriculture with the US and every other nation with reasonable safety standards.
However, make it mandatory to label the country of origin of the product. Permit additional optional labeling such as "Made in the USA, no chlorine wash".
Also, make public health websites available. The page covering chlorinated chicken could contain an explanation written by a European organization and another explanation written by US experts, so the consumer can make his mind up.
Food labelling really needs fixing. When in Lidl recently, I saw rice labeled as product of the UK. Well, I've never seen any rice paddies here, so imagine that's packaged in the UK. I don't eat the packaging and this really is not playing the game.