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Trump tells May to abandon 'unwarranted' food standards for Brexit trade deal [View all]
Donald Trump's administration has called on the UK to abandon its "unwarranted" food and agriculture standards before it can sign a free trade deal with the US after Brexit.
The US Trade Representative on Thursday published its "negotiating objectives" for a future trade deal with the UK once it has left the EU.
The document states that the UK must "remove expeditiously unwarranted barriers that block the export of U.S. food and agricultural products."
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In the US, producers adhere to a "Defect Levels Handbook," which sets out the maximum number of foreign bodies like maggots, insect fragments and mould that can be in food products before they are put on the market.
For example, US producers are allowed to include up to 30 insect fragments in a 100-gram jar of peanut butter; as well as 11 rodent hairs in a 25-gram container of paprika; or 3 milligrams of mammalian excreta (typically rat or mouse excrement) per each pound of ginger.
The US Trade Representative on Thursday published its "negotiating objectives" for a future trade deal with the UK once it has left the EU.
The document states that the UK must "remove expeditiously unwarranted barriers that block the export of U.S. food and agricultural products."
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In the US, producers adhere to a "Defect Levels Handbook," which sets out the maximum number of foreign bodies like maggots, insect fragments and mould that can be in food products before they are put on the market.
For example, US producers are allowed to include up to 30 insect fragments in a 100-gram jar of peanut butter; as well as 11 rodent hairs in a 25-gram container of paprika; or 3 milligrams of mammalian excreta (typically rat or mouse excrement) per each pound of ginger.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tells-may-to-abandon-food-standards-for-brexit-trade-deal-2019-3?r=US&IR=T
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