Is the fight against imports of poultry from the US actually about consumer protection? Until now, consumers' fears of importing chlorine-washed American chicken have been a major argument in the debate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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Nutrition experts, however, say propaganda from the German poultry lobby is stoking those fears, and that domestically produced chicken is in no way healthier than chlorine-washed meat from the United States.