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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Canada vows to put hormone-treated beef in UK shops, as post-Brexit trade talks start

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Canada has vowed to put hormone-pumped beef on UK supermarket shelves, as the two countries opened post-Brexit trade negotiations.

At a press conference, Canada’s trade minister argued its beef – which, as in the US and Australia, is given the synthetic treatment to boost growth – is “second to none”.

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