article_snippet: American producers routinely wash raw chicken following slaughter with a substance called peroxyacetic acid (PAA) to remove harmful bacteria.
article_snippet: Campaigners say the changes being planned to allow chicken washed with PAA are exactly the sort of thing that will become more common under the TTIP regime.
article_snippet: Consumer groups argue that these same safeguards should be applied to the use of PAA and imports of chicken cleaned with the disinfectant.
article_snippet: The European Food Safety Authority has ruled that PAA is not toxic to humans, although The European Food Safety Authority can trigger asthma and allergies in workers at processing plants where it is used.
article_snippet: The death of a poultry inspector made the headlines in the US in 2013 and raised questions about the health risks associated with the use of chemical decontamination treatments of meat such as PAA.
article_snippet: EFSA has confirmed that peroxyacetic acid is safe to use in food production, but British poultry producers are not yet convinced EFSA use is in the best interests of consumers compared to our farm-to-fork system.
highlights_snippet: Food chiefs are to allow in chickens washed in peroxyacetic acid (PAA)
  Experts fear the practice could be aiding the spread of superbugs .
  
highlights_snippet: European Food Safety Authority has ruled that PAA is not toxic to humans .