Save our food standards

[jayne lee wilson]

US/UK Brexit negotiations hotting up & hidden away.... worst fears confirmed etc.....
We'll see a lot like this next few months and have to keep making our voices heard...

Please support this &/or anything similar....

https://campaigns.which.co.uk/save-food-standards/

Could use another Famous Footballer here couldn't we?
Never stop fighting till the fight is done

[eighthobstruction]

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[oddoneout]

US/UK Brexit negotiations hotting up & hidden away.... worst fears confirmed etc.....

Please support this &/or anything similar....

https://campaigns.which.co.uk/save-food-standards/

Could use another Famous Footballer here couldn't we?
Never stop fighting till the fight is done

The local MP has made a big noise about this but then didn't record a vote when an amendment to the Agriculture Bill to support maintenance of standards was being debated recently. He has since said that he, in effect, believes the assurances on the matter given by Useless Eustice and the Truss. Well he would say that, good little Tory that he is, but I doubt I'm the only one to think that their assurances mean the exact opposite of what is being said. In any case Liz Truss is so gormless I doubt she would notice if she had signed our standards away in the US - the thrill of bringing home a trade deal would result in selective blindness and a loss of such critical faculties as she might possess.
My concern is that the US is very anti labelling info, so on that basis consumers would find it impossible to know the origin of what they are buying, unless they get it direct from a UK producer. I know that many/most don't bother to look at the label for origins(at best looking for the red tractor for meat and a union flag for veg) - and can be quite surprised to find that their premium meal contains Thai chicken for instance - but that's not a reason to remove that option completely. I can see it happening though.

[LMcD]

US/UK Brexit negotiations hotting up & hidden away.... worst fears confirmed etc.....
We'll see a lot like this next few months and have to keep making our voices heard...

Please support this &/or anything similar....

https://campaigns.which.co.uk/save-food-standards/

Could use another Famous Footballer here couldn't we?
Never stop fighting till the fight is done

I've signed, as have nearly 150,000 people so far.

[Pianorak]

Signed as well - nearly 160,000 now.

[Serial_Apologist]

Haven't we already had a petition on this?

Signed, anyway.

[LMcD]

Haven't we already had a petition on this?

Signed, anyway.

This one seems to be organized by Which magazine, rather than via Change. org or the (now defunct?) government website.

[AmpH]

The ( EU ) standards under which we current operate exist for very good reasons and must not be compromised. Duly signed.

[eighthobstruction]

The local MP has made a big noise about this but then didn't record a vote when an amendment to the Agriculture Bill to support maintenance of standards was being debated recently. He has since said that he, in effect, believes the assurances on the matter given by Useless Eustice and the Truss. Well he would say that, good little Tory that he is, but I doubt I'm the only one to think that their assurances mean the exact opposite of what is being said. In any case Liz Truss is so gormless I doubt she would notice if she had signed our standards away in the US - the thrill of bringing home a trade deal would result in selective blindness and a loss of such critical faculties as she might possess.
My concern is that the US is very anti labelling info, so on that basis consumers would find it impossible to know the origin of what they are buying, unless they get it direct from a UK producer. I know that many/most don't bother to look at the label for origins(at best looking for the red tractor for meat and a union flag for veg) - and can be quite surprised to find that their premium meal contains Thai chicken for instance - but that's not a reason to remove that option completely. I can see it happening though.

....you're on the money there just going to look up my own MP....Ah yes Julian Smith has STILL never voted against the Conservatives....as usual....

[Count Boso]

This one seems to be organized by Which magazine, rather than via Change. org or the (now defunct?) government website.

I think a Which-led campaign will have more clout than Change on this. Amazed at figures for food poisoning in the US. Signed.

[Frances_iom]

this is what Brexit was all about - taking back control and giving it to those who see great profits once the EU consumer protection requirements are removed - remember the effects arising from the Blessed Margaret's arrangement re adopting lower standards on feeding cows the insufficiently cooked remnants of their diseased companions based I understand on some American proposals that such was perfectly safe.

[Dave2002]

I wasn't sure whether some of the chlorine bleached chicken etc. was so bad, having probably eaten some in the USA. I asked a professional microbiologist, and he nearly went apopleptic. The problem seems to be that it covers up poor animal and food management, and although if good procedures are followed (in which case the chlorine/bleach probably wouldn't be necesssary anyway), it really does cover up poor practices which are a potential public health hazard. That's my interpretation of what I was told, anyway.

[Serial_Apologist]

I wasn't sure whether some of the chlorine bleached chicken etc. was so bad, having probably eaten some in the USA.

You never know, Dave; it might have turned you into the person you are today!

I asked a professional microbiologist, and he nearly went apopleptic. The problem seems to be that it covers up poor animal and food management, and although if good procedures are followed (in which case the chlorine/bleach probably wouldn't be necesssary anyway), it really does cover up poor practices which are a potential public health hazard. That's my interpretation of what I was told, anyway.

I am given to wondering what the effect on one's health might be of having consumed any chorine/bleach at all. The latter doesn't seem to have made much, er, difference, to Trump, assuming he had actually gone ahead and followed his own advice!

[DracoM]

Signed. This is a serious issue, and concerned friends in USA agree.

[eighthobstruction]

....it really is an important issue the chlorine masks bad hygeine, poor standards of preparation, and washing....its the odd bit of bacteria etc that the chlorine misses on the production line that is the health hazard writ LARGE....

yes S_A, i'm hoping there is a little bit of bacteria laying in wait for him....a TREMENDOUS bit of bacteria