AMERICAN POULTRY DRAWS CRITICISM AT TRADE TALKS
July 5th, 2014
As European Union (EU) and US officials began their sixth round of negotiations on an ambitious EU-US free trade agreement in Brussels this week, American poultry practices threatened to become a lightning rod for European public unease about US food standards.Speaking to negotiators at a ‘stakeholder’ forum hosted by the European Commission on Wednesday, consumer groups warned that under the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), chlorine-washed American chicken could flood European markets and damage public health.The practice of ...
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