The British government will use an “obscure” rule to prevent lawmakers from a vote aimed at blocking imports of chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef, according to a report in the Independent newspaper.
This would defeat an attempt to give powers to a new watchdog at a time when the EU is worried Britain's post-Brexit trade deals, particularly with the U.S., could ease food and animal welfare standards.
The U.S. has long said EU restrictions on both fronts are not based on science. But there has been significant resistance on the topics from within the UK to a degree but more specifically in the broader EU that the UK is in the process of leaving.