Several plants have been found to have breached food safety rules in recent months BARRY BATCHELOR/PAClosed-circuit television will be installed at all 900 meat-cutting plants in England, Wales and Northern Ireland under plans to improve hygiene and reduce the risk of food poisoning. Several plants have been found to have breached food safety rules in recent months by altering use-by dates on meat or dropping meat on the floor and putting it back on to the production line. The Food Standards Agency, which investigated allegations made last year against 2 Sisters Food Group, Britain’s biggest chicken supplier, said yesterday that it had found “areas of non-compliance and poor practice”. However, it said that the company had co-operated fully and had made improvements and that it had not been necessary to take enforcement action. Surprise inspections in January and February by…

Source: The Times March 03, 2018 00:01 UTC