Comments on: Do you fancy eating chlorinated chicken?

By: StevenL

StevenL — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:48:13 +0000

I still can’t work out you Tory grassroots folk. One minute it’s all ‘boo hiss too much regulation, scrap it all and make the busy-bodies get proper jobs’.

Next minute regulation is suddenly a good thing.

As for the bent cucumbers/curvy bananas myth it’s a marketing standard – not a law!

By: CherryPie

CherryPie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:45:33 +0000

I prefer not to eat chlorinated chicken!!

By: Jeremy Jacobs

Jeremy Jacobs — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:24:50 +0000

This may not be as bad as it may seem at first glance. I know of caterers who wash lettuce and other salad ingredients with warm water and washing-up liquid. This removes any bugs that may lurk. A practice I totally endorse. Of course, the items are thoroughly rinsed in cold water before serving.

(I’ll never forget a white wriggly thing in a salad at Nice Airport some years ago)

By: jmb

jmb — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:41:05 +0000

I’ve probably been eating it for years without even knowing since I live on this side of the pond. Ugh.

By: james

james — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:47:30 +0000

The connection, Ellee, between Rosalind and chickens is hard to fathom. But entertaining nonetheless.

By: electro-kevin

electro-kevin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:26:22 +0000

The EU also banned bent cucumbers.

The USA being the most litigious society on earth probably has very high food standards as it happens – though not in taste, I agree.

I’m more concerned that centralised EU politicians have the power to overrule my Government (rightly or wrongly) than if my chicken has been washed in chlorine.

On the subject of chicken … what about bottler Brown’s reneging on our promised referendum on the Lisbon Treaty ? The Irish rejection was not anomalous as is being claimed, the vast majority of British people would have rejected it too … if only we’d been given the chance. So too most Europeans and MEPs know this full well.

Remember, the Treaty was needed after a massive EU expansion that none of us were asked about either. So not impressed, Robert. You’re letting us down on far more important issues than this.

By: Welshcakes Limoncello

Welshcakes Limoncello — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:39:16 +0000

I can’t imagine why this should be allowed.

By: Winchester whisperer

Winchester whisperer — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:44:44 +0000

I’m surprised by that as they are phasing out using chlorine to treat water in the US.

By: Bishop Hill

Bishop Hill — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:27:04 +0000

Why not let consumers make up their own minds? Or do you guys know what’s best for us all?

By: image consultant

image consultant — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:21:06 +0000

Chlorinated chicken – no thank you.
We categorically don’t want to lower our food standards to American ones and we don’t want our agriculture controlled by Monsanto.
It upsets me that the big supermarkets do more to stand up for Britain on this front than the Labour government does.