Food & drink industry Meat supplier Russell Hume collapses with loss of up to 300 jobs Administration comes weeks after firm halted production due to food standards scare Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant chain and Wetherspoon pubs were among Russell Hume’s customers. Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/APMore than 260 workers have lost their jobs at the meat supplier Russell Hume, which has collapsed into administration just weeks after production was suspended following a food standards scare. Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurant chain and Wetherspoon were among the major restaurants and pub groups that were customers of Russell Hume. Earlier this month, the FSA said it was launching a nationwide review of all meat cutting plants in the wake of serious incidents at 2 Sisters and Russell Hume. The FSA was criticised by a committee of MPs for failing to take “definite action” to improve food standards after the Guardian and ITV investigation last year.

Source: The Guardian February 19, 2018 15:23 UTC