Trade dispute with the USA: The Federal Council wants to allow controversial chlorinated chicken. (Swiss Press Text 2026, by Georg Humbel)

Trade dispute with the USA: The Federal Council wants to allow controversial chlorinated chicken.

Chlorhühnchen

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2026

Georg Humbel

Early investigations by NZZ am Sonntag revealed that the Federal Council intended to advocate for the approval of chlorinated chicken. The paper reported it as a brief news story. However, securing publication of this story required weeks of discussions and research.

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Georg Humbel / Swiss Press Award

Georg Humbel

Journalist BDH, Bern, 1977

Nach mehreren Jahren tagesaktuellem Journalismus ab 2014 investigativer Reporter und Politkorrespondent für die SRF-«Rundschau». Für die «NZZ am Sonntag» im Bundeshaus sind seine Themenschwerpunkte Umwelt, Energie und Migration. Kritischer Begleiter der Schweizer Agrarpolitik. Lebt mit seiner Familie in der Bundeshauptstadt.

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