Britain will be flooded with pork that may contain cancer-causing substances under a new trade deal with the United States, experts in America have warned. Food safety experts in the US believe that pork containing carbadox will ‘undoubtedly’ be part of a trade deal with Britain. Steve Roach, food safety director at the US Food Animal Concerns Trust, claimed pork containing carbadox was mixed with pork that wasn’t treated with the substance, making it impossible to distinguish between the two. ‘Why would we want to give consumers pork that increases their risk of cancer? But Larry Miller, Phibro Animal Health’s chief operating officer, said: ‘New studies leave no doubt about the safety of carbadox.
Source: Daily Mail July 12, 2020 01:42 UTC