This would be the same US which became the first country in the world to introduce those warnings on cigarette packages in 1966? The "Surgeon General's Warning"?Haha I am sitting in Edinburgh right now amigo.
Last time I was there was 2009 and that is exactly what I thought.
No I jest.
I am not sure what the issue is on chlorinated chicken, the more worrying thing for me is the fact they say they would change the rhetoric about it. And even more worryingly is that you are saying that is a good thing. Why would you trust big companies changing the rhetoric to sell their products?
Strikes me like the tobacco companies that said smoking doesn’t cause cancer. Were you supportive of that?
Another worrying part is they want to scrap the health safety labels. Do you agree with that? And if so, why?
The narrative around chlorinated chicken certainly does need to be changed.
People still think you'd be ingesting harmful chemicals, when nothing could be further from the truth. For example;
"In 2005 the European Food Safety Authority said that "exposure to chlorite residues arising from treated poultry carcasses would be of no safety concern". Chlorine-rinsed bagged salads are common in the UK and other countries in the EU."
The issue is about the standards which required the chlorine wash, but it's common practice in the US even if the standards are exceptionally high. I'd sooner trust and have fewer health concerns about US chlorinated chicken than the stuff sold on the UK high street.
Why would you sooner trust their standards over ours?
I am sure, not 100% confident, that our standard are regarded as better than theirs.
This would be the same US which became the first country in the world to introduce those warnings on cigarette packages in 1966? The "Surgeon General's Warning"?
they are and we will continue to control our own standards.
What makes an American different to a Briton or a European?Why would you sooner trust their standards over ours?
I am sure, not 100% confident, that our standard are regarded as better than theirs.
No we'd give ours up alongside the sale of the NHS of course.they are and we will continue to control our own standards.
What makes an American different to a Briton or a European?
You're not 100% confident, fine, but i'm not 100% fearful either. I don't distrust American standards anymore than I "trust" the EU's.
I get it, you don't trust companies.And then changed the debate to taking away your freedom by not ‘allowing’ you to smoke
Come on mate. You can’t say that these companies are to be trusted?
I never said anything like that.But you said you would trust them over ours, all I am wondering is why?