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Food Standards Agency strike, Buried treasure

Meat hygiene inspectors and vets may walk out of abattoirs and meat-processing plants across Britain after voting to go on strike. How might it hit the meat trade?

Meat hygiene inspectors and vets may walk out of abattoirs and meat processing plants across Britain after voting to go on strike. It's part of a long running dispute with the Food Standards Agency over pay. Their union, Unison, says the disruption could "clear supermarket shelves and butchers' shops of meat".

But the meat processing industry doesn't seem too worried. Ed Bennington, editor of the Meat Trades Journal, tells Felicity Evans how the FSA's contingency plans have minimised disruption in the past.

Continuing our week of reports exploring underground assets, we look at the world of buried treasure. Sarah Falkingham meets Yorkshire metal detectorist John Leary, who has unearthed everything from rusty horseshoes to Bronze Age axe heads. And Anna Jones meets Fred Johnson, the farmer who shot to fame after the Staffordshire Hoard was discovered under his field.

Presented by Felicity Evans and produced by Anna Jones.

13 minutes

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Wed 13 Aug 2014 05:45

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  • Wed 13 Aug 2014 05:45

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