Whats the deal with "chlorinated chicken"?

Published: Nov. 22, 2020, 1 p.m.

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What do we mean by chlorinated chicken? Why is it such a bad thing? What exactly are the UK standards that we\\u2019re so keen to promote and protect? \\nTo what extent can shoppers afford to prioritise animal welfare over price? And will the government keep its pledge not to undercut our food producers?

Using \\u201cchlorinated chicken\\u201d as a starting point, Charlotte Smith considers the questions around a future trade deal with the US - and others - on the British food sector.

She speaks to Cath Elliston from the youth-led movement BiteBack about its \\u2018Save Our standards\\u2019 campaign \\u2013 and asks US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue why we should import US poultry.

Charlotte discusses current UK poultry production standards and how we compare to other countries with Dr Siobhan Mullan from Bristol Veterinary School, and visits Gloucestershire farmer Charles Bourns, who sees a growing market for higher welfare chicken.

We also hear from the Centre for Retail Research\\u2019s Professor Joshua Bamfield on consumer purchasing trends, and get more detail on our trade deal options from Emily Lydgate, a senior lecturer in law at the University of Sussex and deputy director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory.

Presented by Charlotte Smith, produced by Lucy Taylor in Bristol.

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