American 'Goodie' Bags?

Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now has written an article (predictably slanted in its own way) that lays out the many changes we might well see if the UK and the US strike a trade deal involving foods (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/chlorinated-chicken-foods-us-trade-deal-uk-eu). He points out that there is a fundamental difference between the EU's attitude to foods which is based on the precautionary principle (i.e. don't do it unless you absolutely certain it's safe) and the US science-led approach (i.e. it's OK to do it unless the action can be directly linked to human disease or death). He points out that it is not only chlorinated chicken that we would have to get used to. Meats treated with antibiotics, steroids and leanness-inducers like ractopamine would also be on the agenda even though many of these chemicals are banned in Europe and other parts of the world. GM ingredients would be added to many food items (this might be acceptable, if it is done carefully, but things in the US appear to be done with a rush). Dearden chillingly claims that levels of pus and pesticides that are allowed in US milk are higher than in European equivalents and that baby food has no specific regulatory standards (so sugar can be added and traces of heavy metals and arsenic tolerated). Vegans would not escape, as fruits and vegetables, he claims, can be treated with 72 chemicals that are currently banned in the EU. According to Dearden, the Americans neither favour 'unjustified' labelling of food ingredients (which people on this side of the pond, tend to believe enables the buyer to make informed choices about healthy eating) nor protections to generic products such as Cornish pasties or Melton Mowbray pork pies.