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Supermarkets cease trading with poultry supplier

Chris McCullough For Agri-View
Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017 Updated Oct 31, 2017

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2 Sisters workers process chickens in 2015, when the company invested large amounts of money in an attempt to bolster sales and profits.

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Following a number of investigations into food-safety breaches, four major United Kingdom supermarkets have ceased trading with the big poultry supplier 2 Sisters Food Group, which has allegedly been tampering with food-safety records.

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Chris McCullough, brought up on a dairy and beef farm in the heart of Northern Ireland, is a journalist who specialises in the international world of agriculture.