Breaking Chicken Food Scandal in UK

[liuzhou]

 

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A Guardian/ITV News undercover investigation into conditions at a chicken processing factory that supplies Britain's major supermarkets reveals hygiene failures, manipulation of slaughter dates and repackaging of returned meat. The 2 Sisters plant in the West Midlands supplies M&S, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Aldi and Lidl with pre-packaged chicken meat

 

Main article here.

 

Here is the video evidence they have produced.

 

 

Edited September 29, 2017 by liuzhou (log)

[Thanks for the Crepes]

The UK is just adopting the Big Ag greed principle that has been going on over here since the early '70's. Shoot, I think they drove my grandfather out of the dairy business in the '60's. They have driven most of the small farmers out with regulations enforced only on the little guy. Now the only small scale farming here has to be "artisan", organic, and charge their customers a fortune to get the same product that used to be available to everyone prior to the Big Ag lobbyists making puppets out of our politicians.

 

It is very sad, but venality knows no borders, it seems. I thought food was better in Europe than it is here in the mainstream. 

 

Don't you just love (not)  the risk-management-speak in the 2 Sisters' commentary on the allegations.

 

Oh, BTW. Our state legislature recently passed a law making it illegal to take photos or videos in your employers workplace. Meanwhile it is totally legal for employers to take photos and videos of their employees.  Welcome to slavery.

 

This was in response to infiltrators that took videos inside a Butterball turkey barn and the atrocities were released to the public. Here's a link to the original article. The state ag official warned the turkey production facility about subsequent pending inspections, but I don't think she was fired. I can't find the followup articles, but that's typical. It was just swept under the rug and Big Ag goes on as usual, with laws to limit future disclosure or their evil, of course!

 

That's the way it works around here. Go along to get along and the whistle blower gets screwed. Money talks here. Doing the right thing gets you stomped so far into the ground you wish you were dead, if you aren't already.  Arrrgghh! 

 

But what can you do except buy organic or raise your own poultry?

 

Bottom line is that most of us who can't afford the "artisan", organic food that used to be the norm are left with the mainstream food supply which is rife with greed, cruelty, filth and deception. Wake up folks!

[liuzhou]

5 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

Don't you just love (not)  the risk-management-speak in the 2 Sisters' commentary on the allegations.

 

 Actually, 2 sisters have said next to nothing; their lawyers have.

 

5 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

But what can you do except buy organic

How do you know "organic" is any better? Most of the time it's just a marketing label.

 

The UK isn't adopting anything. Food fraud was rampant in the UK long before the USA was even thought of.  Chaucer complained about it in the 14th century,

Edited September 29, 2017 by liuzhou (log)

[Alex]

6 hours ago, Thanks for the Crepes said:

Bottom line is that most of us who can't afford the "artisan", organic food that used to be the norm are left with the mainstream food supply which is rife with greed, cruelty, filth and deception. Wake up folks!

 

Or to at least minimize the effects of the greed, etc. by eating vegan as much as possible, or at least drastically reducing the amount of animal products you consume, which might allow you to eat more ethically raised local animals and animal products.