Meghan wades into US chlorine chicken row

THE Duchess of Sussex has entered the post-Brexit trade deal row over chlorine-washed chicken from America.

Californian-born Meghan yesterday expressed her clear unease about ‘industrial US food systems’ and how ‘badly wrong the US food systems are’.

But she praised her father-in-law Prince Charles at the Buckingham Palace reception in his honour for championing sustainable agriculture.

Meghan, a self-confessed ‘foodie’, is expecting her first child with her husband Prince Harry next month. Last week the US government said it is seeking ‘comprehensive market access’ for farm produce currently restricted by EU rules if Britain wants to secure a trade deal after Brexit.

This includes hormone-fed beef, GM crops and chicken washed with chlorine and water to kill bugs.

British farmers fear they could be undercut by cheap US imports and see a drastic lowering in animal welfare standards. Meghan, 3 , was speaking to Patrick Holden, who is the founding director of the Sustainable Food Trust and a long-time associate of the prince.

Afterwards he said: ‘The duchess is very well aware of how industrial US food systems have become, and the need to make a change. There was a lot of conversation about badly wrong the US food systems are, and how we need to act.’

Kensington Palace declined to expand on the duchess’s remarks.