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Farmers face paying the price of bad practice in the supply chain unless processors up their game when it comes to food safety, a leading expert has warned.
Chris Elliott, who led the investigation into the 2013 horsemeat scandal, spoke out after undercover footage appeared to show workers at a 2 Sisters chicken factory in West Bromwich changing the kill dates on crates of poultry, and mixing batches of old and new stock.
The scandal has implications for farmers beyond the poultry sector because much of 2 Sisters' chicken is sold under the Red Tractor logo - the assurance scheme and quality marque that appears on a range of other British farm produce.
Prof Elliott said: "Farmers are jumping through as many hoops as they can - and if they put a foot out of place, they get heavily penalised or suspended. Work on farms is being done to a very high standard - and processing...