09/02/2013 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon. The Environment Minister says he is "absolutely

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determined" to get answers about food testing in the UK at a summit

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examining the horsemeat scandal. His comments come after the

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supermarket chain, Aldi, announced it was withdrawing a number of

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ready meals which were found in some cases to be made entirely from

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horsemeat. Mr Paterson is holding an urgent meeting with the Food

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Standards Agency, retailers and meat suppliers to discuss the

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problem. Jon Brain reports. What is being labelled as the horsemeat

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scandal is showing few signs of being brought under control. The

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supermarket chain, Aldi, is the latest to withdraw ready meals from

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sale. It is alleged this Findus new about the horsemeat in products, up

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to a week before informing the food industry regulator. As food

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standard agency officials and retailers meet, the questions are

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what caused the crisis and how can it be resolved? The retailer or the

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manufacture does not know where the prurbgts are coming from. There are

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too many people in the way. You have to think about keeping it

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simple. The farmer, to the abattoir, to the meat processor.

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But this goes beyond short comings in the industry itself. There are

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suggestions that a criminal network bowled be hind the scandal.

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The withdrawal of two products by this factory by Aldi shows the

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seriousness of the problem. I am determined to get to the bottom of

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it. There may be grows independence, there may well be an international

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criminal conspiracy asy. This is becoming a Europe-wide

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problem. Several Findus meals have been taken from the shelves in

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France and in Sweden. More countries may follow suit. Findus's

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supplier, Comigel, has clients in other parts of Scandinavia, as well

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as Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. Here Findus sought to

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reassure customers, toiking autoadverts in national newspapers

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to apologise for what has happened, but many shoppers remain concerned.

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You lose confidence in pre-bought things. You don't know where it is

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coming from. I always read the labels but you can't trust them at

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all. No way. I buy from the butcher's. I think they should be

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doing something drastic. It should be taken from the shelves. It is

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not thought that the products pose a risk to health, but it is clear

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that a large section of the food supply chain is on the line. Our

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Business Correspondent Andy Moore is outside the DEFRA meeting which

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is still going on. Andy, what are we expecting to come out of it?

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meeting has been going on for about an hour. There are representatives

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of Aldi and Morrisons, but Owen Paterson said before solving the

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problem we have to find out the extent of it. He has ordered the

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retailers and food processors to carry out texts on the products. He

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wants wants the results by Friday. Those in the food industry say that

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is a tall order but that they will do their best to comply with it.

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That meeting is going on at the moment. We hope to hear from Owen

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Paterson later on as to what he is going to do about the growing

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horsemeat scandal. Thank you.

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No-one will be expected to pay more than �75,000 for social care in

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England, after which the State picks up the tab. The details to be

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anonced on Monday by the Health Secretary are part of the

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Government's long-awaited reform noose social care, but the figure

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is higher than that proposed by the Dilnot coalition, which the

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coalition established to consider the The Crown Prosecution Service

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has been explaining what steps it took to support a musician who

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killed herself, within days of being cross-examined about the

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sexual abuse that she'd suffered as a teenager. Problem.

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It said that Frances Andrade, who was 48, was assigned a dedicated

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witness care officer and the prosecutor had been selected

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because of his skill in handling sensitive cases. Millions of people

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in the north-eastern United States have been warned to stay at home

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because of a powerful snow storm which has closed airports and

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brought down power lines. Airlines cancelled more than 4,300 flights,

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including 32 flights from America which were due to arrive at

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Heathrow. This report is from Helen Fawkes. Blizzards have hit the

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north-east of the United States. Now it is feared that there could

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be record snowstorms. In New York City, 1400 snowploughs are on

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standby. Residents have been given a stark warning.

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Stay off the city streets. Stay out of your cars. Stay in the homes

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while the worst of the storm is on us. That is for your protection

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during potentially hazardous outdoor conditions.

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For those trying to leave the city, thousands of flights have been

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cancelled at New York's three main airports.

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I was at JFK, they sent me here, now this is cancelled. Now they

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have me booked for a flight tomorrow night, if the flights are

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going. Five states declared a state of

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emergency. Hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. People

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living in Boston are preparing themselves for up to a metre of

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snow. I saw the big one but that is sold.

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Only the small one is left. People are buying flash lights as well.

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Some are managing to make the most of the weather, before what the

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forecasters say could be the worst storm in decades.

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The Health Secretary has said that the police should look from the

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evidence of the public inquiry into the deaths of hundreds of people

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into the Mid Staffordshire Health Trust scandal. In an interview with

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the Daily Telegraph, Jeremy Hunt said it was outrageous that no-one

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had been brought to book for the care failings at the Stafford

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Hospital. Five other hospitals are to be investigated.

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A 27-year-old police woman has died following a road accident in

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Northern Ireland, involving a police car and another vehicle,

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