The REAL reason America's 'Frankenchickens' have to be washed with chlorine

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The disturbing prospect of chlorine-washed chickens from the US going on sale in British shops in a post-Brexit trade deal last week sparked an explosive row at the heart of Government. But beyond the politics lies the story of why American poultry needs such drastic chemical treatment – and of the horrendous conditions at the farms where they are bred and reared.

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Now whistleblower farmers have revealed the full horror of the suffering to The Mail on Sunday, including how:

Tens of thousands of super-sized 'Frankenstein' birds are crammed in vast warehouses.
The chickens, which weigh up to 9lb, often buckle under their weight and must live without natural sunlight.
Chickens frequently die before they reach maturity and many are left covered in their own faeces, turning warehouses into vile breeding grounds for disease.

Unlike in the UK and Europe, there are no minimum space requirements for breeding chickens in the US. America also does not have any rules governing lighting levels in the sheds and, crucially, its farms have no maximum allowed level of ammonia, which indicates how much urine and faecal matter is present. This means there is no limit on how much can fester inside the sheds. There is no legal requirement to wash US chickens in chlorine or other disinfectants, but 97 per cent of its birds are cleaned in this way after slaughter.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4742712/Why-chickens-washed-chlorine.html#ixzz4oGKpQLDp
 
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charver said:
It is at low levels, although some of us still filter our water.

Why would i want any more of it on imported battery poultry?
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so you people don't clean your chickens before processing?.......I imagine you're willing to accept the higher risk because you have national health care.........

chickens don't have to be crowded to be a health risk....

https://www.healthcentral.com/article/have-chickens-in-your-backyard-you-may-be-at-risk-for-salmonella

three chickens in your backyard can be an equal problem.....
 
I just heard an NPR story on this subject and that the conditions have in fact improved a great deal due to awareness and taste for more "gamey" quality meat.

Iow, people want more red meat and less tasteless breast meat, consequently they are already using slower growing chickens and providing light and space.

Same issue of humane treatment arises with the egg business.

I had a couple urban chickens and talk about free range. They had the run of the back yard shared only with a cat. Great egg but the denuded my entire garden so I 86ed them.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
so you people don't clean your chickens before processing?.......I imagine you're willing to accept the higher risk because you have national health care.........

chickens don't have to be crowded to be a health risk....

https://www.healthcentral.com/article/have-chickens-in-your-backyard-you-may-be-at-risk-for-salmonella

three chickens in your backyard can be an equal problem.....
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Well, our poultry is washed, just not using the type of products usually employed for cleaning our bathrooms.

Your point on salmonella is very true. The devious chicken, not to mention its gobbling cousin, is a noted reservoir of bacteria. However, our devil-may-care attitude toward the clucking fowl is less a consequence of the NHS, as to our noted culinary abilities, frequently involving the cremation of any type of meat, often to the point of total unrecognisability.
 
charver said:
Well, our poultry is washed, just not using the type of products usually employed for cleaning our bathrooms.

Your point on salmonella is very true. The devious chicken, not to mention its gobbling cousin, is a noted reservoir of bacteria. However, our devil-may-care attitude toward the clucking fowl is less a consequence of the NHS, as to our noted culinary abilities, frequently involving the cremation of any type of meat, often to the point of total unrecognisability.
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All egg laying chickens have to be routinely checked for salmonella, you can thank John Major's bit on the side Edwina Curry for that.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/salmonella-get-your-egg-laying-hens-tested
 
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