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The largest supplier of chicken to UK supermarkets has been tampering with food safety records in moves that could dupe consumers into buying meat past its use-by date.

An investigation by the Guardian and ITV News recorded undercover footage of workers altering the slaughter date of poultry being processed at a 2 Sisters Food Group plant. The group produces a third of all poultry products eaten in the UK and supplies top grocers including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, Aldi and Lidl.

When informed of the evidence, all five retailers responded to say they would launch immediate investigations.

The discovery comes just four years after the 2013 horsemeat scandal, which has resulted in prison sentences for those convicted of a conspiracy to pass off cheaper horsemeat as beef.

Experts said the practice of changing “kill dates” could artificially stretch the commercial life of meat products by triggering the food processor to print incorrect use-by dates on supermarket packaging.

Workers at the company confirmed they had been asked to switch these labels on other occasions. It is illegal to place incorrect use-by dates on food, which are set for safety reasons and differ from “best before” dates.

On September 29 2017 03:00 MyTHicaL wrote:
Bombardier is Canadian but holds EU hq in NI. Boeing relies on both the Canadian and UK markets. idk man if i could wager a guess you don't really understand the situation or are not very good at expressing yourself at least.

On September 29 2017 06:19 Jockmcplop wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/28/uks-top-supplier-of-supermarket-chicken-fiddles-food-safety-dates



This sort of thing isn't surprising, but it is sickening really.
I wish things like this would be made public more often to ensure that people aren't able to escape the knowledge of what it is they are eating.
Its easy to close your eyes to it and carry on eating this filthy shit, but something really should be done about practices involving mass produced food products, even if it means some food prices have to rise.
Sure, you can get a whole chicken for 2 quid in Aldi, but its probably already past its sell by date.

On September 29 2017 06:38 sc-darkness wrote:


No, I just can't be bothered to spend more time to explain something to pro-Brexit guys when I know it's not worth my time.
Basically, what I meant was that there are 4,000 employees in NI. Pro-Brexit guys told us that Brexit is nice, there will be trade deals and all this cool stuff. Suddenly, the US imposes 220% tariff, and this could hurt mentioned British jobs in NI. I understand it's a Canadian company but surely it contradicts what pro-Brexit people were telling us.

Also, what KwarK said.

Boris Johnson caught on camera reciting Kipling in Myanmar temple
Foreign secretary’s impromptu recital of colonial-era poem was so embarrassing the UK ambassador was forced to stop him

The foreign secretary has been accused of “incredible insensitivity” after it emerged he recited part of a colonial-era Rudyard Kipling poem in front of local dignitaries while on an official visit to Myanmar in January.

Boris Johnson was inside the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most sacred Buddhist site in the capital Yangon, when he started uttering the opening verse to The Road to Mandalay, including the line: “The temple bells they say/ Come you back you English soldier.”

Kipling’s poem captures the nostalgia of a retired serviceman looking back on his colonial service and a Burmese girl he kissed. Britain colonised Myanmar from 1824 to 1948 and fought three wars in the 19th century, suppressing widespread resistance.

Johnson’s impromptu recital was so embarrassing that the UK ambassador to Myanmar, Andrew Patrick, was forced to stop him. The incident was captured by a film crew for Channel 4 and will form part of a documentary to be broadcast on Sunday about the fitness of the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip to become prime minister.

The previously unbroadcast footage shows the diplomat managing to halt Johnson before he could get to the line about a “Bloomin’ idol made o’ mud/ Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd” – a reference to the Buddha.

In his interview with the Sun, Mr Johnson called for four conditions for Brexit, which were then described by the paper as his "four red lines":
Transition period must be a maximum of two years
UK must refuse to accept new EU rules during that period
No payments for access to the single market after the end of the transition period
UK must not agree to shadow EU rules to gain access to the single market

On September 30 2017 17:38 Artisreal wrote:

Boris Johnson wouldn't be qualified for being the Foreign Secretary's secretary.
He reminds me of Oliver Hardy though.

Source

On October 02 2017 06:31 sc-darkness wrote:
I've only known conservative government here. If Labour wins tomorrow, what does it change for basic tax payers? More tax?

On October 02 2017 06:31 sc-darkness wrote:
I've only known conservative government here. If Labour wins tomorrow, what does it change for basic tax payers? More tax?

On October 02 2017 07:18 Deleuze wrote:


Wins what?

On October 02 2017 07:32 sc-darkness wrote:


General election. It's the only thing that matters, right?

On October 02 2017 18:27 Simberto wrote:
I think he was talking about a hypothetical:

"If there were a general election tomorrow, and labour won, what would happen?"

Kinda weird hypothetical, but still. At least shows an interest in politics.