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I haven't met anyone afraid of eating meat dunked in chlorine because of the chlorine - it's because of the reasons why American chickens need a chlorine wash i

I haven't met anyone afraid of eating meat dunked in chlorine because of the chlorine - it's because of the reasons why American chickens need a chlorine wash in the first place. And it's because it's cheaper and more efficient to just let chickens stand in their own shit for so long their feet dissolve and then just wash the meat in chlorine to avoid any bacterial contamination, than provide chickens with decent living conditions in the first place. Never heard of European chickens being "pumped full of antibacterials" - would you mind explaining what you mean?

lostlogin 4y ago
Dosing herds has been/is standard in some places. A quick Google suggests this is changing in the EU. https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/european-union-bans-antibiotic-overuse-farmed-animals-animal-welfare https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/european-union-bans-an...
jasonwatkinspdx 4y ago
The EU approach to salmonella control is a combination of antimicrobials and vaccines, in contrast to the US using a dip in chlorinated water after slaughter. There are critics of both approaches, and some annoying folks that use it as a pretext for smugness (without actually engaging the reality of the differences).