the food standards agency has defended the way it dealt with health and safety concerns at a meat companyleaving russell hume company sites as it carries out an investigation over food hygiene concerns. the wetherspoon pubs, which sell 200,000 steaks a week, removed them from their menu from their weekly steak night after it also became concerned on hygiene grounds. and tonight russell hume, the meat supplier issued a statement saying it was shocked by the action taken by the fsa and stressed it had an unblemished record of 50 years. our business correspondent emma simpson gave us this update. on wednesday it emerged that the food standards agency had been investigating russell hume for what it called serious noncompliance with food hygiene regulations. the company was forced to halt production at its six sites and all deliveries suspended. it was also asked to make sure that its customers withdrew unused meat. it turns out those customers included a host of household names, from jamie oliver's italian restaurants, to butlins, to pub chains. that was emma simpson, our business corresponde

the food standards agency says it's recalled products because of hygiene issues.e reveal the winner of a british academy film award for outstanding contribution. and later in the hour on bbc news we are at huish park for fa cup sportsday. it's the fourth round, and will history repeat itself between yeovil town and manchester united? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. donald trump has told an audience of business and political leaders that his mantra of "america first" does not mean "america alone". speaking at the world economic forum in davos in switzerland, mr trump said the us was doing "fa ntastically well" and was "open for business". but he hit out at what he called other countries‘ "predatory" trading practices. earlier, the president said he was prepared to apologise for sharing social media posts by the far right group britain first. our north america editor, jon sopel, is in davos this evening. it isa it is a very rare thing for the us president to come to davos, and a year ago would have been unthinkable for donald trump to have turned up

the food standards agency said it was concerned about use by date is.ee had failed to display that it complied with food hygiene rules. production was called to be stopped at all of russell hume's six sites, and for the withdrawal of a news meat from its customers. in a statement, the company said that it was shocked by the findings, saying... but that has not stopped wetherspoon is from changing supplier. it is not just whether spurs. they host of household names have withdrawn meat, including jamie oliver's italian restau ra nts, including jamie oliver's italian restaurants, several pub chains, schools, and care homes also be affected. it is important for people to be given information as quickly as possible so that they can make informed decisions about where they are eating and indeed what they are reaching, and knowing that they are doing so safely. but he would have been helpful if the food standards agency had given the information a little earlier that they provide today. so the fsa has gone some way in satisfying the appetite for a nswe i’s. in

the food standards agency says it's looking at issues involving the use by dates on meat supplied toy russell hume. its six sites have been closed since tuesday. one of its major customers, the pub chain wetherspoons, today apologised to its customers and said it had found a new supplier, as emma simpson reports. no steaks being served here. there haven't been any at wetherspoons since tuesday. thank you, cheers. not great for a business which sells thousands of steaks every week. it decided to withdraw them when it discovered problems with its supplier, russell hume. we are none the wiser. we are a big customer. we serve 10 million steaks a year in our pub. that's a lot of steak. and we've always served them in good faith and it's been great. russell hume have been a good supplier to us. but something has gone terribly wrong here, and people really need to know what the situation is. we cut the steak between 15 and 20 millimetres in thickness. russell hume prides itself on selling quality products, but tonight the food standards agency said it was concerned about use by dates. the c

the food standards agency has revealed that it recalled products from the meat company russell hume, problems with use by dates. one of its major customers, the pub chain wetherspoons, has apologised and says it's found a new supplier, as emma simpson reports. no steaks being served here. there haven't been any ad wetherspoons since tuesday. thank you, cheers. not great for a business which sells thousands of steaks every week. it decided to withdraw them when it discovered problems with its supplier, russell hume. we are none the wiser. we are a big customer. we serve ten million steaks a year in our pub. that's a lot of steak and we've always served them in good faith and it's been great. russell hume have been a good supplier to us. but something has gone terribly wrong here, and people really need to know what the situation is. we cut the steak between 15—20 millimetres in thickness. russell hume prides itself on selling quality products, but tonight the food standards agency said it was concerned about use by dates. the company had failed to demonstrate it complied with food hyg

on wednesday it emerged that the food standards agency had been investigating russell hume for what itdeliveries were suspended. it was also asked to make sure that its customers withdrew unused meat. it turns out those customers included a host of household names, from jamie 0liver‘s italian restaurants, to butlins, to pub chains like marstons and greene king. i spoke to a spokesman for whether springs. the gates closed and we thought something was wrong, russell hume said there was something wrong with labelling but they didn't tell us with labelling but they didn't tell us any with labelling but they didn't tell us any more. with labelling but they didn't tell us any more. we sell 10,000 stakes in our pubs every year and we need to make sure that food hygiene is paramount and at that stage, even with small information we decided to stop serving steaks in our pubs. the spokesperson for russell hume said they have never been challenged like this over the fsa so what have you noticed about the meat? nothing, purely the fact that we couldn't pick up, so as the gates were locked we thoug

the food standards agency says it's recalled products from derby—based company russell hume because of

the food standards agency says it's recalled products

the food standards agency will have a key role to play in ensuring high food safety standards which willly have resource implications, staff implications and a whole raft of regulatory instruments will have to be adopted. what is the proposed timetable? it's important we ensure the resources that there are indeed what we are doing with additional resources to deal with many of these things are put in place so that we are in a position to have the continuing confidence that we should have. will he have a word with colleagues in other departments to save brexit will lead to cheap food? it's inconsistent to talk about cheap food because the only way that can happen is it our own paltry and peak and beef industries are decimated by cheaper imports based upon of course lower standards. i've said what i've said which is i am absolutely clear that we will not be watering down any of our standards. they are already going to be on the statute book when parliament as an act of the withdrawal bill, they will be statute. what assurance can the minister give us that on day two after leaving the europ

steak products, after the company that supplied them was placed under investigation by the food standards agencyly meat to the wetherspoon‘s pub chain, said there has never been any suggestion that their products caused illness and that the recall was a "precautionary measure because of mislabelling." several of the bbc‘s leading male news presenters and journalists have agreed to take salary cuts, following revelations about gender pay inequality at the corporation. an independent report on the issue is due to be published next week. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, reports. hello. how do you feel about salaries being published. the publication of bbc people earning over £150 got a dhammika outcry. many people had the same job as women, though individual circumstances very a lot. carrie gracie resigned her post as china editor in process, saying she will return to london. jon sopel, john humphrys, she would wince, and jeremy, said they will have their salaries reduced. she is going to appear before a select committee next wednesday shortly before the governor—general, his deputy, and others appear

its supplier, russell hume, is being investigated by the food standards agency for what it describes regulations". all six of its sites have had to suspend meat distribution. and its customers, which included butlins, jamie's italian restaurants, several pub chains and hilton hotels, have withdrawn meat from the supplier. as pressure grows on us all to cut down on the amount of plastic we use, new plans have been unveiled which will give people access to free drinking water in england. the idea is that a new network will be set up — including restaurants, shops, businesses and new water fountains — where you can fill up your water bottle while out and about, rather than buying a new one. jon kay explains. bradford—on—avon. you won't go thirsty here. in this wiltshire market town, 22 businesses will now top up your water bottle for free. from the cafe... yeah, sure. ..to the supermarket... coming right up. ..to the hardware store. here we are, we have a cluster of them here. jill runs the town scheme and showed me how you can source free water on your phone. what started here in the w

the food standards agency says it has taken action to stop any meat leaving sites of the company, russellume, due to concern about safety. a 15—year—old has been detained for more than four years after five passengers of the stolen car he was driving in leeds, were killed. the uk economy grew faster than expected in the last three months of 2017, thanks to an increase in the services sector. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. after seven o'clock this evening we are expecting the us department of commerce to announce if it will be adding high import tariffs to canadian company bombardier. the decision could affectjobs here. we'll be hearing from a spokesman for the wetherspoons pub chain who have apologised to customers and found another supplier after it had to take steaks off the menu. and we will hear more from john humphrys about top bbc stars taking more pay cuts. now on bbc news it's time for fa cup sportsday live from yeovil. # fillup your # fill up your glasses... to the tune of the anthem, ii # fill up you

very similar to the food standards agency. letter in the post about the recall? that happens a lot. what is the best way of ensuring that a consumer knows what is going on with what their appliances are doing? they can only look at best practice. countries like america which have good information. how can they have websites where you worry about one product and go to another website. but the challenges are that sometimes we don't even give the information to the retailer to let them know we have purchased a product. we are reliant on news outlets to try and work out that evenin outlets to try and work out that even in the case like whirlpool, there were four different brand names. you might not realise it is another home —— it is another one. it will ensure information is much more clear to the consumer. whirlpool have sent us a statement on this saying their extensive campaign has achieved a resolution rate more than three times the industry average for a product recall. maybe they are one of the better ones, i don't know. te