Kommersant, Novye Izvestia
risks of using meat without chlorine treatment are much higher than potential hazards of chlorine consumption, including its carcinogenic effect.Andrei Terekhin, President of the Russian Poultry Market Operators Association, said it is important to avoid residual chlorine in end products, not its use in processing. "According to the state statistics committee, every Russian consumes an average of 22 kg of poultry a year and drinks around 300 liters of chlorine-treated water. Does that mean we should ban drinking water?" Davleyev said.
Musheg Mamikonyan, head of the Russian Meat Union, denied any political reasons for the conflict. He said poultry processing with chlorine is a topic for discussion among medical professionals and biologists. "If the idea was to oust American producers from the market, they could have simply cut the quota and raised the import tax. This would have worked faster and quieter," he concluded.
Vedomosti