In the drawn-out negotiation over a trans-Atlantic trade agree, “no single issue is inflaming the debate more than food — specifically U.S. calls for Europe to open its door to long-banned American foodstuffs that are hormone-treated, chemically sanitized or genetically modified,” says the Washington Post. “Leading European food safety authorities have determined that several U.S. practices in contention — such as sanitizing poultry in lightly chlorinated water — are safe.” The Post quotes a French food writer as saying, “If we allow that kind of food in here, we are talking about the death of taste.”