FSA gives poultry plants green light, says 2 Sisters

By Rod Addy

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2 Sisters is in the midst of the UK's biggest ever independent study into campylobacter
2 Sisters is in the midst of the UK's biggest ever independent study into campylobacter
2 Sisters Food Group’s Scunthorpe and Llangefni plants have passed Food Standards Agency (FSA) audits, according to the company.

The factories were at the centre of a media storm last week​, following allegations made by The Guardian​ about poor hygiene standards there, as well as at an abattoir owned by Faccenda. As a result, the FSA audited the 2 Sisters factories on Friday (July 25).

However, in a statement released by 2 Sisters today (July 28) ahead of confirmation from the FSA, the company said: “Both sites – at Scunthorpe and Llangefni – have passed the rigorous audit processes which were carried out on July 25th. Scunthorpe has been rated as ‘Good’ and Llangefni as ‘Generally satisfactory’.

“The FSA has recently introduced a new, more thorough audit process – with four rating outcomes – Good; Generally satisfactory; Improvement necessary and Urgent improvement necessary.”

2 Sisters had “consistently denied” ​last week’s allegations “as untrue, misleading and inaccurate”, ​the company said.

‘Satisfied with findings’

Ranjit Singh, ceo of 2 Sisters Food Group, said: “We welcomed these audits and we are pleased the FSA has worked with typical rigor and thoroughness. We are satisfied with their findings which show that no legislative compliance issues were raised.

“However, we must not be complacent. We operate our business in an environment of continual improvement and we will be carrying on with that to ensure we produce first-class British products for all of our customers.

“We will continue to be at the forefront of our sector by investing in our sites and leading from the front in tackling key challenges to our industry like campylobacter.”

The FSA was working on a response to 2 Sisters’ announcement when this article was published.

In November 2013, 2 Sisters launched the UK’s biggest ever independent study into campylobacter, costing £6M and collecting data from 124M birds.

And in September last year, 2 Sisters officially opened a £1M microbiology lab​ designed to fight contamination from foodborne pathogens including campylobacter.

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