US trade deal would flood Britain with 'cheap, inhumanely produced' bacon

Trade deal would open door to meat containing banned growth promoters, from pigs kept in conditions banned in UK, industry leaders warnThe US meat lobby is “salivating” at the prospect of flooding the UK with bacon and pork produced using practices that are currently illegal in the UK, a top food expert has warned.Gestation crates and the chemical growth hormone ractopamine – both banned in the UK – are regularly used in the US pig industry, which achieves the lowest cost