I only noticed today that Tesco chicken is Thai chicken, not suitable for EU. Wonder what EU safety standards have been ignored

by Beginning-Pumpkin783

23 comments

  1. That’s nothing to do with standards. It’s part of the NI Protocol on Brexit, anything going to NI must be marked as not for EU.

  3. Not so much that it’s not suitable for the EU, it’s just not allowed to be exported to the EU as it’s come to NI from elsewhere in the UK through the NI prototcol rules. You’re partly right in that it means it doesn’t have to hit any EU safety standards that aren’t UK standards, but not sure which standards (if any) differ between UK and EU on chicken right now.

    I’m more disgusted that we are a major exporter of chicken and yet Tesco’s managed to find a cheaper supply in Thailand and gone with that.

  4. In 2012 the EU banned all Thai chicken due to sub standard safety.

    The ban was lifted in 2023 and they can import again.

    So Thai chicken is fine now, this is just Brexit import legislation.

  7. It’s nothing to do with standards and everything to do with Brexit based regulations.

    Please amend your post rather than spreading dangerous nonsense.

  8. It to do with the ‘Windsor agreement’.

    I’ve seen the supermarkets sell meat from ROI with the same thing on it.

  9. Each “Not for EU” meat product was personally molested by David Cameron.

  10. That chicken has always been from Thailand even before Brexit. It’s cheap watery shite. You have to buy the more expensive stuff for it to be more local and any good

  11. You’d think we’d have enough chicken of our own without having to import it from so far away. Do we send the Thai’s our chicken 😄

  12. The UK has not deviated from eu health and safety rules yet,

    What this is about is the green red lane policy with regards to northern Irelands sea border,

    This product is intended for the green lane (i.e will only be sent and consumed in northern Ireland and will not enter the wider eu single market).

    Red Lane goods go through tarrifs and eu customs controls and are for goods intended for the republic or the wider eu.

    Its just cheaper for manufacturers In the UK to slap this label onto everything intended for local consumers in the UK.

    It does make you thing that the UK has dropped it’s standards regarding the eu though doesn’t it? Lfmao

  13. The Eastman’s chicken is pretty gross and watery I find. Tescos own brand is better.

  14. Processed packaged shite, I only eat my chickens while they’re still alive, organic

  15. Our food standards are above the EU. As are our plumbing, gas and electrical standards.

  16. Mental considering we slaughter 20m chickens in the UK per day. All these politicians harping on about climate change and we get chicken shipped over from Thailand 😂😂

  17. I woke up this morning cluck cluck clucking, so I’m getting a little bit cluck cluck worried, I’ve also started to grow feathers, should I phone a doctor doodle do🐔 🐔

  19. I have noticed the Spar use Thai and Brazilian chicken.

  20. This is showing Not For EU, not because it contains Thai chicken, but because it was packed in GB and meant for sale within GB and NI. They label Not For EU so it can be transported to NI more easily, and avoid any checks and paperwork needed to export to EU, I.e. Ireland.

    The factory that made it is still making it to the same standards as it was when we were in the EU.

  21. Don’t eat that Eastman’s nonsense, it’s the yellow pack of our day.

  22. So not only do you not know what “Not for EU” means, you also don’t know the ban was lifted in 2023.

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