Well what d'ya know...Any country within the EU has the right to implement their own animal welfare regulations...
Outside the EU, the WTO becomes the arbiter...
It of course has a rather more lax approach!
Liam Fox claims UK could accept chlorinated chicken in US trade deal without lowering food standards
"So, it’s not been about food standards per se, so that’s a slightly different debate and much more difficult to quantify because the legal definitions about it at the WTO are much less."
Yep, life under WTO 'rules' is a race to the bottom!