There was a funny fact about the way we treat eggs compared to the way the septics treat eggsArguments about the relative merits of US and European/British food standards are raging as the US makes clear it wants its chicken and beef included in any future trade deal.
The British/EU argument against chlorinated chicken is not that it doesn’t work, but that it encourages abattoirs to be lazy and dirty. Easy way to compare, salmonella rates by country.
US 16.7 per 100,000
UK 14.4
EU 23.4 with a massive range from 3.4 in Portugal to 121 in Czech Republic. High rates in Germany, France and Spain as well.
Of course it’s not necessarily accurate, all depends on how well recorded stuff is. And not all salmonella comes from chicken. Apparently we treat a lot of fruit and vegetables with chlorinated water in Europe, so the issue isn’t really chlorine, however repellant it sounds.
I think the argument against hormone treated beef is stronger, if only because these hormones get into the water supply and interfere with lots of things as a result.
Will find and post
