Russia Decides to Ban U.S. Poultry Imports.

[elleng]

Russia will begin to block imports of U.S. poultry as of Jan 1. because of concerns about a commonly used chlorine treatment, U.S. government officials and a Russian news agency said on Thursday.

Russia plans to proceed, over U.S. objections, with a new law prohibiting chlorine as an anti-microbial treatment in poultry production, said Katie Gorscak, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Agriculture Department. . .

Russia, which does not belong to the WTO, lowered its quota for U.S. poultry this year. But industry officials believe the chlorine issue will be worked out because Russia cannot yet produce enough to meet its needs.


http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/31/us/politics/politics-us-poultry-usa-russia.html

[SPedigrees]

1. I'd rather have chlorine in my chicken than Chinese melamine.

The Chinese could do with a good cloroxing of all their filthy factories.

[snagglepuss]

2. The EU has strict and enforced food safety standards so how do they

process chickens without chlorine? Article says they ban US chickens chickens for this reason also.

[HopeHoops]

3. There are a LOT more serious reasons to ban U.S. poultry than chlorine treatment.

The stuff should be classified as a hazardous material.