Written question asked by Kerry McCarthy (Labour) on Monday, 20 May 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 May 2019 (named day). It was answered by George Hollingbery (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 May 2019 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.
Poultry Meat: USA
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the compatibility with the rules of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of a restriction in a trade agreement with the US on the import into the UK of poultry washed with (i) chlorine and (ii) other disinfectants.
- Answer
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Where a measure conforms with the provisions of the Agreement to the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) it is presumed to also conform with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade under Article 2.4 of the SPS Agreement.
The existing food safety provisions regarding chlorine and other pathogen reduction treatments for poultry will be transferred into UK law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act.
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- Written question
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- 256265
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Imports Trade agreements USA GATT Poultry meat Disinfectants
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- 2019-05-28 10:27:01 +0100
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