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If they do, I hope they make sure that it has to be labelled on the food. They do that with a lot of things, and then it’s really easy not to buy it.

by moksly 7y ago

rjzzleep 7y ago
That's the whole point of the trade deals though. It wouldn't be labelled properly, since it would be considered unfair competition.
- chriswwweb 7y ago
  But it would be labelled as chicken coming from the US, this makes it easy enough to avoid!? Already today, I always read on the label to find out from what country the meat I'm about to buy comes, I always prefer local over imported as I think it is something little I can do to reduce unnecessary emissions and would hence anyway not buy meat that comes from another continent, just to get it few cents cheaper It is however often not possible when eating meat at restaurant for example :(
- xtian 7y ago
  Interesting that so much of the activity of "free market" advocates is centered around reducing access to information.
- moksly 7y ago
  Things that aren’t labelled properly are illegal in a lot of European countries an the EU doesn’t have power to overrule that. GMO products has pushed this hard over the years because almost no one wants to buy them. Hell in Denmark where I live, half of our super market chains outright refuse to carry things like eggs from cage-hens. So they likely wouldn’t ever offer chemical washed chicken American for sale, and they’ll likely even use it in commercial to tell consumers how much better than their competitors they are.
EugeneOZ 7y ago
Unless you're eating in a restaurant.
nerform 7y ago
Food chains/restaurants won't have this labels in the menus. And they will serve you the cheaper product.
- moksly 7y ago
  Depends on the restaurant, the last one I ate at produce their own stuff at a couple of local free range farms that they corporate with. Once in a while you can even go visit the farms at special cooking out events. Not really uncommon here either. I mean, if you order a pizza from the cheapest place then sure, but they already sell some really dodgy meats. We’ve had quite a few scandals where the beef turned out to be horse. Illegal, but you kind of know the stuff they sell is close to poison.

If they do, I hope they make sure that it has to be labelled on the food. They do that with a lot of things, and then it’s really easy not to buy it.

by moksly 7y ago

If they do, I hope they make sure that it has to be labelled on the food. They do that with a lot of things, and then it’s really easy not to buy it.

rjzzleep 7y ago

That's the whole point of the trade deals though. It wouldn't be labelled properly, since it would be considered unfair competition.

chriswwweb 7y ago
But it would be labelled as chicken coming from the US, this makes it easy enough to avoid!? Already today, I always read on the label to find out from what country the meat I'm about to buy comes, I always prefer local over imported as I think it is something little I can do to reduce unnecessary emissions and would hence anyway not buy meat that comes from another continent, just to get it few cents cheaper It is however often not possible when eating meat at restaurant for example :(
xtian 7y ago
Interesting that so much of the activity of "free market" advocates is centered around reducing access to information.
moksly 7y ago
Things that aren’t labelled properly are illegal in a lot of European countries an the EU doesn’t have power to overrule that. GMO products has pushed this hard over the years because almost no one wants to buy them. Hell in Denmark where I live, half of our super market chains outright refuse to carry things like eggs from cage-hens. So they likely wouldn’t ever offer chemical washed chicken American for sale, and they’ll likely even use it in commercial to tell consumers how much better than their competitors they are.

EugeneOZ 7y ago

Unless you're eating in a restaurant.

nerform 7y ago

Food chains/restaurants won't have this labels in the menus. And they will serve you the cheaper product.

moksly 7y ago
Depends on the restaurant, the last one I ate at produce their own stuff at a couple of local free range farms that they corporate with. Once in a while you can even go visit the farms at special cooking out events. Not really uncommon here either. I mean, if you order a pizza from the cheapest place then sure, but they already sell some really dodgy meats. We’ve had quite a few scandals where the beef turned out to be horse. Illegal, but you kind of know the stuff they sell is close to poison.