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European Union Reject Bid To Lift Ban On US Poultry
European Union farm ministers, meeting in Brussels, were due later on Thursday to take a decision on the matter, which has been under discussion since spring.
"Amid a consumer scare of Irish pork, tainted with dioxins, and Chinese dairy products laced with melamine, such an idea is a non-starter," a diplomatic source said.
"The refusal will be a formality. The member states would have a hard job getting their consumers to accept it."
The US food industry uses the chlorine washing process on its poultry to kill off bacteria, including salmonella, before it reaches consumers' plates.
The practice is banned in the EU where veterinary experts favour hygiene controls throughout the hatching and rearing cycle to better ensure that the bacteria does not develop in the first place.
France, Europe's biggest poultry producer, has led opposition to scrapping the ban, which Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier hasdescribed as "a symbolic issue."
The economic factor remains modest, with Europe more than able to provide for its poultry needs.
Nevertheless in May, EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen proposed lifting the 10-year ban on US poultry under certain conditions.
In the face of the opposition, the EU's executive modified its proposals, saying that American chlorinated chicken should be identified as such on supermarket shelves.
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