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You brought it up before, ALB, that the EU ban on GM foods was really a protectionist stratagem.
The US claim that other EU food safety rules are for the same purpose.
Fears over chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-fed beef are “myths”, according to the US ambassador to the UK describing warnings over US farming practices as “inflammatory and misleading” smears from “people with their own protectionist agenda”.
National Farmers Union, said the UK government should not accept a US deal “which allows food to be imported into this country produced in ways which would be illegal here”
Amy Mount from Greener UK, an environmental lobby group, said: “This wish-list shows that a hard-Brexit pivot away from the EU in favour of the US would mean pressure to scrap important protections for our environment and food quality. “Any future trade deals should reflect the high standards that the UK public both wants and expects.”