There’s a lot of talk around comparative https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom">/https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> standards when it comes to #food and future #trade deals; but what do these differences mean in practice? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⤵️" title="Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards" aria-label="Emoji: Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards">

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EGGS https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥚" title="Egg" aria-label="Emoji: Egg">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> - Minimum legal requirement of enriched cages (750 sq cm) + perch, nest box & litter.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> - No federal laws on hen welfare; voluntary guidelines suggest cages of 432 sq cm.

US https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍳" title="Cooking" aria-label="Emoji: Cooking"> costs = 28% lower. That’s no yolk.

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CHICKEN https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐓" title="Rooster" aria-label="Emoji: Rooster">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> - Only potable water permitted to wash carcasses. Legal maximum stocking densities/AMR protocols apply.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> - No legal maximum stocking densities in major https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍗" title="Poultry leg" aria-label="Emoji: Poultry leg"> producing states - Pathogen Reduction Treatments (eg chlorine dioxide) required to wash carcasses https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦠" title="Microbe" aria-label="Emoji: Microbe">

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BEEF https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥩" title="Cut of meat" aria-label="Emoji: Cut of meat">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> - Growth hormones banned since 1981. Primarily grass-based herds, average size 27 animals.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> - Hormones widely used. Primarily grain feedlot based; 1000+ cattle herds = 90% of output.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💊" title="Pill" aria-label="Emoji: Pill"> Hormones = 20-30% https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Upwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Upwards arrow"> productivity.

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PORK https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥓" title="Bacon" aria-label="Emoji: Bacon">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> - Sow stalls banned in 1999. Growth hormones banned in 1996. Predominantly housed in straw beds.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> - Sow stalls legal in 41 states. Ractopamine growth hormones used in 60-80% of pigs. Predominantly housed on slatted floors.

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DAIRY https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥛" title="Glass of milk" aria-label="Emoji: Glass of milk">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> - Somatic cell count (SCC) limit (indicator of cow health/welfare) 400,000. Hormones banned in 1990.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> - SCC limit 750,000. Widespread use of BST growth hormone, believed to cause significant cow health/welfare issues.

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CROPS https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌾" title="Ear of rice" aria-label="Emoji: Ear of rice">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> - Restricted access to modern crop protection technologies as a result of https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇺" title="Flag of European Union" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of European Union"> ‘hazard based’ approach.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> - Full access time technologies such as GM & neonic seed treatments https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Rightwards arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Rightwards arrow"> greater productivity & reduced costs.

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ANTIBIOTICS https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💊" title="Pill" aria-label="Emoji: Pill">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> - 53% https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⤵️" title="Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards" aria-label="Emoji: Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards"> in farm AB use 2014-18. Now the 5th lowest user in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇺" title="Flag of European Union" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of European Union">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> - Despite 2017 federal rules, ABs crucial to human health still being used in ‘unacceptable’ quantities on farms to boost productivity.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔎" title="Right-pointing magnifying glass" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing magnifying glass">By 2050 10m could die annually from AMR across https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌍" title="Earth globe europe-africa" aria-label="Emoji: Earth globe europe-africa">

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TRANSPORT https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚛" title="Articulated lorry" aria-label="Emoji: Articulated lorry">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> - Maximum legal journey time for livestock of 12 hours. Maximum livestock densities mandated.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> - Maximum journey times of 28 hours. No restrictions on maximum livestock densities.

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#Farmers everywhere work to provide #food to the best of their ability within their regulatory framework.

But our government can’t let our world-leading https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flag of United Kingdom" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United Kingdom"> standards be undercut by imports of food it would be illegal to produce here.

#TradeStandards
#BackBritishFarming

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