LONDON — The U.S. ambassador to Britain has attacked what he described as a “smear” campaign against American agriculture by interests with a protectionist agenda. “You have been presented with a false choice: either stick to EU directives, or find yourselves flooded with American food of the lowest quality,” Johnson wrote. “Inflammatory and misleading terms like ‘chlorinated chicken’ and ‘hormone beef’ are deployed to cast American farming in the worst possible light. “Our consumer has demanded high standards of animal welfare, we’ve risen to that challenge,” she told the BBC. “(Johnson’s) right to make the point that food security is crucially important, we would say the same.

Source: Washington Post March 02, 2019 12:01 UTC