Chlorinated chicken, or chlorine-washed chicken, refers to poultry that is washed or dipped in water containing chlorine to ...

Health and animal welfare concerns fuel Europe’s continued ban on chlorine-washed poultry despite U.S. trade pressures.

Chlorate can be found in foods as it derives from chlorine disinfectants widely used in water treatment and food processing. In a 2015 scientific opinion the European Food Safety Authority said ...