150k+ sign petition telling Starmer not to give in to Trump on chlorinated chicken

There is no appetite for chlorinated chicken to enter the UK, a new petition has revealed, but Reform's Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson said the lower welfare practice should be allowed on supermarket shelves in Britain

Chris Brayford
clock • 4 min read
"Stick to your manifesto promises to keep high food and animal welfare standards here in the UK. You must not give in to Donald Trump's demand that the UK buys chlorinated chicken, hormone-treated beef and other low quality food from the US to revive your UK-US tech [prosperity] deal."
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"Stick to your manifesto promises to keep high food and animal welfare standards here in the UK. You must not give in to Donald Trump's demand that the UK buys chlorinated chicken, hormone-treated beef and other low quality food from the US to revive your UK-US tech [prosperity] deal."

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing renewed pleas from the public to not back down on the UK's high animal welfare standards by reneging on a chlorine-washed chicken ban with the US. On Tuesday...

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