we bought products from asda, morrisons, tesco and waitrose.pplied by the petti group. so i've got a couple of tubes. we're also testing a sainsbury�*s own—brand puree. we understand it doesn't buy from petti. hiya. hi, delivery for runako. lovely, thank you. and we've had puree products shipped from italy and directly from china. from cofco, zhongliang. i wonder if it tells us where it's produced. so we've got the factory address. again, surprise, surprise — xinjiang. i think that's xpcc. there's the word... yeah. interesting. this, this little guy is the one that we're actually interested in. so, this is tomato paste, whereas all of this is, like, diced tomatoes. so for all the baseline testing that we do, we'll start from this little guy. we sent the chinese, italian and supermarket own—brand products to this lab in perth. it runs trace element analysis tests. the aim — to find a profile for where a product is grown. how we do that is we take a sample and we analyse that for element isotopes and molecules to determine not just where the toma

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chains including tesco, waitrose, asda, and morrisons are supplied by a major italian food processorve labour in xinjiang province. runa ko celina reports. tomato puree — a staple of our supermarket shop. but how is it produced — and at what cost? the tomato fields of china's xinjiang region are so big they can be seen from space. but they hide a dark secret. the bbc spoke to more than a dozen people from xinjiang's muslim minorities who have endured i have a meeting with pasquale petti. posing as a client, we went undercover to meet with an executive. but all the paste produced in italy? the paste? n0~ - if you want italian, we put italian. the petti group told us they have not bought from xinjiang guannong guannong since the us sanctioned them for forced labour in 2020. but our camera filmed a tomato paste barrel clearly labelled "xinjiang guannong" produced in 2023. the petti group also supplies tomato products to uk supermarkets. it's really hard to know if tomato paste sold to consumers at supermarkets worldwide are made with tomatoes from xinjiang. to establish if any are chine

chains including tesco, waitrose, asda and morrisons are supplied by a major italian food processor thatovince. runa ko celina reports. tomato puree — a staple of our supermarket shop. but how is it produced — and at what cost? the tomato fields of china's xinjiang region are so big they can be seen from space. but they hide a dark secret. the bbc spoke to more than a dozen people from xinjiang's muslim minorities who have endured or witnessed forced labour in the region's tomato industry. some, like mamajan, say they were tortured. translation: the first | time we were told we had to pick 450kg of tomatoes. they said, "we're warning you — if you can't do it, we'll punish you". the next day, i still hadn't picked 450kg of tomatoes, so they beat me up badly in a dark prison cell. there were chains hanging from the ceiling. they hung me up there and they said, "why can't you finish the job?" china denies there is any forced labour in its tomato industry. but following extensive reports of abuse in xinjiang, the us banned all imports from the region in 2021. the uk did not. under the modern

chains including tesco, waitrose, asda, and morrisons are supplied by a major italian food processororts. tomato puree — a staple of our supermarket shop. but how is it produced — and at what cost? the tomato fields of china's xinjiang region are so big they can be seen from space. but they hide a dark secret. the bbc spoke to more than a dozen people from xinjiang's muslim minorities who have endured or witnessed forced labour in the region's tomato industry. some, like mamajan, say they were tortured. translation: the first | time we were told we had to pick a50kg of tomatoes. they said, "we're warning you — if you can't do it, we'll punish you". the next day, i still hadn't picked a50kg of tomatoes, so they beat me up badly in a dark prison cell. there were chains hanging from the ceiling. they hung me up there and they said, "why can't you finish the job?" china denies there is any forced labour in its tomato industry. but following extensive reports of abuse in xinjiang, the us banned all imports from the region in 2021. the uk did not. under the modern slavery act, supermarkets

but according to the british retail consortium, which represents the likes of marks and spencer and tescojust businesses feeling downbeat. its monthly survey of around 2,000 people found consumer confidence in the economy had dipped, as had people's plans for spending in the next three months. this is a real concern for retailers, particularly with spending expectations down six points, both general spending and retail spending specifically, which means that injanuary, many retailers could find themselves squeezed between these low expectations of spending and the billions, around seven billion in new costs that are expected to come down the line. a treasury spokesperson said they had to make difficult decisions to fix the economy. businesses say the new year could bring some tough choices for them, too. 0n hiring, investment and prices. esyllt carr, bbc news. let's speak to our business correspondent theo leggett also with more on this, our political correspondent damian grammaticas. theo, why where the numbers revised and what is behind them? the figures were not right to begin with. th

it follows a bbc investigation that found that four leading uk supermarkets asda, morrisons, tesco andose appeared to contain tomatoes produced using harsh and coercive forced labour in xinjiang in china. all the supermarkets named in the investigation disputed the bbc�*s findings however today mp sarah champion, who is chair of the international development select committee, called for an urgent question over the matter. she accused the retailers of putting profits above human rights. and shejoins us now. sarah, firstly, thank you for joining us today, in terms of what the government can do, what the government can do, what exactly is the plan of action, what would you you like to see happen?— to see happen? well, there a number of— to see happen? well, there a number of things _ to see happen? well, there a number of things the - to see happen? well, there a - number of things the government and supermarkets can do. supermarkets could be more transparent about where the country is sourced from, because what they are doing is they are saying where it originated, that is a clever way t

chains including tesco, waitrose, asda and morrisons are supplied by a major italian food processor that's celina reports. tomato puree — a staple of our supermarket shop. but how is it produced and at what cost? the tomato fields of china's xinjiang region are so big they can be seen from space. but they hide a dark secret. the bbc spoke to more than a dozen people from xinjiang's muslim minorities who have endured or witnessed forced labour in the region's tomato industry. some, like mamajan, say they were tortured. translation: the first time, we were told w

just to deal with, i'm going to look the most of the envelope is about a number for us to let the tesco show us. that's the name of the bucket, so can put them but we're still doing fine. so you in my are you pull in spring? 2022. not only as olds neo nazis. ended up in the as a style ponds. alexander secchia and escaped and became an s b u agent. and don't boss is liberal to the territory that he organized a terrace, so loyal to keep us on the federal loan floating in middle isn't like a city the lines for months. it was room for fox to some theaters and go on cheerful, just full was so pretty and a little probably out for the game class because what are the key if i spoke them emberly's risk without the think it was a stressful i should just sit it down, but the don't a was on yeah. at the as do still go ahead and do that. i can all of them. i don't even have a like a date and we're getting ready to go in. but again, submitted those for you. so thank you for most, i mean it took him victims with the key of the this man word for the s b u in nova, i doubt it for almost a year. he decid

one of the things gavin newsom did is instruct us tesco unholy alliance for this cartel that would gete combustible engine, get those out of the market, -- what truck driver has seven hours of their day to recharge? none of it makes sense. it's hurting consumers right now who want to buy these trucks. there are groups trying to work on all this. also, the idea that california has done civil service reform -- is laughable. >> he's also trying to reposition himself as it's almost conservative populist. you hear him after the election talking about the border. where is this guy? he just came out of nowhere. >> he's all talk. the man is all talk. it's like he's paper. you could blow him over. almost 1 million people have left california. they left california while he was the governor. this is in the last i think two or three years. 700,000 and then another 150,000 and then more. to me, california is the land of the free. it's a haven for those who love liberty. you can smoke crack. you can go into a jewelry store with an error 15 as long as you don't use it. you can take the jewels, be out

it's interesting in that they believe that tesco and i believe he would have been better.how bad she was. and yet he doesn't -- it doesn't mean he would have won. they are still putting the trump victory in this context as an accident because of the decision they made. what's your take on an? >> he won the popular votes of the american people were on his side. if executives listening, if lucas needs a break, i will gladly fly there and cover for him in st. croix. the american people, i have been saying this. this was a rejection of joe biden, kamala harris, the left but it was a choice for donald trump. the most important defining dates in the election cycle were june 27th and july 13th. june 27th was when donald trump ended joe biden square on the debate stage at cnn where it was so bad that even the media had to admit they were lying about cheap fakes, they had to admit joe biden did not have all his faculties. july 13th, the manner in which donald trump survived the butler, pennsylvania, assassination attempt. americas needed a fighter and they saw that in donald trump.

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eggs are already hitting the supermarket shelves before even new year's eve, spotted in stores like tescosons and sainsbury's, customers have taken to social media to share their surprise, with one user joking jesus hasn't even been born yet. while some shoppers called it superficial and consumerist, others say it's forward thinking from big brands preparing early for easter. coming up on the 20th of april, those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you in an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thanks, sam. it's saturday night and you're with the saturday five. i'm darren grimes, and i can promise that you're in for a very lively, festive special. let's crack on with tonight's first debate. i'm going to abuse my position like sir keir starmer and take over first. well well, well. sadiq khan, remember him? sir sadiq khan, remember him? sir sadiq khan, soon enough. my blood pressure. i tell you, he's the gift that keeps on giving. the london mayor has decided to ban an advert

but according to the british retail consortium, which represents the likes of marks and spencer and tescoit's notjust businesses feeling downbeat. its monthly survey of around 2000 people found consumer confidence in the economy had dipped, as had people's plans for spending in the next three months. this is a real concern for retailers, particularly with spending expectations down six points, both general spending and retail spending specifically, which means that injanuary, many retailers could find themselves squeezed between these low expectations of spending and the billions, around seven billion in new costs that are expected to come down the line. a treasury spokesperson said they had to make difficult decisions to fix the economy. businesses say the new year could bring some tough choices for them, too. 0n hiring, investment and prices. esyllt carr, bbc news. so, in an hour's timejust so, in an hour's time just after 7am, we will get the latest gdp figures, the numbers that tell us how the economy overall is doing. they will refer to the period in the summer betweenjuly they will