Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged Keep meat clean by keeping meat inspectors independent

According to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the body responsible for food safety in the UK, two-thirds of chicken sold in the […]

The film - Death on a plate: TTIP, meat inspections and your food - can be found on YouTube and on the UNISON website at unison.org.uk/meat. At the same […]

“We definitely share the need to eat.” But pointing to government, meat suppliers and Food Standards Agency management, he said that “that which keeps us alive, they want to […]

The inspectors found that meat was being incorrectly labelled and there were “serious non-compliance with food hygiene regulations”, at the company that supplied […]

  The union, which represents more than 500 meat inspectors, official veterinarians and support staff, is warning that the measures would place public health in grave danger […]

And the public is being put at risk "simply to increase the profits in the meat industry," he adds. Mr […]

Consumers need to know that any decisions about meat inspection are being made in their best interests

"With the demand for meat on the increase and production lines speeding up, there is an urgent need to put […]