EUROPEAN COMMISSION TABLES CHICKEN CARCASS ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT CONTROLS
May 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed rules mandating the controlled use of four key antimicrobials in cleansing poultry carcasses: chlorine dioxide, acidified sodium chlorite, trisodium phosphate and peroxyacids. If these are agreed, it would clear the lifting of a de facto ban on American poultry imports, which are generally treated with chlorinated water. This treatment is currently banned for poultry sold in the European Union (EU).
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed rules mandating the controlled use of four key antimicrobials in cleansing poultry carcasses: chlorine dioxide, acidified sodium chlorite, trisodium phosphate and peroxyacids. If these are agreed, it would clear the lifting of a de facto ban on American poultry imports, which are generally treated with chlorinated water. This treatment is currently banned for poultry sold in the European Union (EU).
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