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>Most of these customs prohibitions are not to protect people eating it -- it's to protect disease from being spread to local agriculture. It's the other way a
by callmeal 4y ago
>Most of these customs prohibitions are not to protect people eating it -- it's to protect disease from being spread to local agriculture.
It's the other way around - these prohibitions are to prevent the unsanitary conditions at slaughterhouses from causing outbreaks. It's these conditions that cause the US to be the only country in the world that dunks slaughtered chickens in bleach before selling them.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/us-trade-deal-mean-food-chlorine-washed-chicken-hormone-beef/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/us-trade...
- kube-system 4y agoI'm speaking generally about agricultural customs restrictions