Nevermind the Welfare- Feel the Price!

The new Environmental Secretary for the UK has reportedly refused to rule out the possibility of allowing (unlike the EU) the import of chlorine washed chicken and hormone-augmented beef into the country as part of a trade deal with the USA (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/23/george-eustice-refuses-to-guarantee-ban-on-chlorinated-chicken). One of his lines of logic is, that washing with chlorine is 'old-fashioned', and  more US chicken producers are now cleaning carcases with lactate. Does he not understand that washing with any antibacterial agent is an attempt to compensate for the poorer housing and husbandry systems that are allowable in North America? This hardly fits with the claim that we are aiming for the best food safety and animal welfare standards.