Downing Street won’t rule out a Brexit trade deal with Donald Trump allowing chlorinated chicken onto British shelves. It came as Michael Gove was urged to “swallow his pride” and seek an extension with the EU to avoid a potentially catastrophic hard Brexit as the UK struggles to recover from the Coronavirus crisis.
Ministers have repeatedly insisted food produced to lower standards - including chlorine washed chicken - would still be blocked from the UK after it leaves the EU this year.
But it’s been suggested negotiators were considering plans to allow such products under higher tariffs. Asked about the reports, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The position is that the UK will decide how we set and maintain our own