[donatj]

To quote the article:

> It’s vinegar, essentially. To say that’s unsafe or not to be used, we don’t think there’s a basis for that in sound science.

If you're fine with using vinegar elsewhere in food, you should be fine with this.

[joshuaissac]

EU member states put chlorine in their water supply, too, but chlorine itself was never the problem. Chlorine washing can be used to hide problems further up the supply chain, so if vinegar washing enables the same, it should also be disallowed.

[zaarn]

Not all states do, atleast in my region, there is no requirement to clean water with chlorine once it comes from the water table other than if a farmer screws up their schedules.

[ceejayoz]

I'm fine with vinegar in my salad dressing, but I'm not OK with the chef using it to clean his hands in the place of soap+water.

Sanitized poop is still poop. I'd rather the poop not be there at all, as much as possible.

[Jamwinner]

You'd better not look any closer in to sanitization standards in the food industry then... plenty of sanitized (rat) poop.

[ceejayoz]

There's a substantial difference between "a certain amount of contamination is basically unavoidable" and "we could raise chickens more humanely like the Europeans do but choose not to for more profits".