Wow, people have been busy posting today! I have a lot of reading to catch up on.

Nigel, I'd be grateful if you could explain how David Davis' remarks:


David Davis said the UK wanted to lead a "global race to the top" in rights and standards not, as some feared, a "competitive race to the bottom".

... promising the UK will "continue our track record of meeting high standards" once outside the EU.

(from the BBC site, but lots of other places quote it)


fits with
(a) with the link I posted saying the US would be reluctant to do a trade deal at all unless we let the chlorinated chicken in

and (b) with the fact that for many people the 'standards' include animal welfare, as evidenced by the row that broke out when people mistakenly thought that Parliament was not acknowledging animal sentience.

Whether the food is safe or not is only part of the equation because of those animal welfare concerns, and no amount of scientific evidence it is safe will address that concern.