Farmers pile pressure on UK government over chlorinated chicken

Calls for food standards to be enshrined in law to avoid post-Brexit ‘betrayal’ of consumers

Farmers have hit back at suggestions the government will allow imports of chlorinated chicken and other low-standard farm produce in trade talks with the US, escalating the row over post-Brexit food standards.

Minette Batters, the president of the National Farmers’ Union, will call for rules on minimum standards for imports to be enshrined in law, and insist that other countries must trade with the UK “on our terms”, rather than seek to water down food rules.

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