Post-Brexit plan would allow chlorinated chicken and hormone-injected beef, says SNP

Thursday, 20 September 2018 15:50

The SNP has said a Tory plot to scrap food standards to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with Donald Trump are a 'huge threat' to Scotland's food safety and economy. Stewart Hosie, SNP International Trade spokesperson, said reports Liam Fox is planning to use so-called Henry VIII powers to impose the move, would risk seeing consumers faced with the likes of chlorinated chicken and hormone-injected beef imports, while also undermining the value of quality Scottish produce, and...Request free trial