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On October 1st, the UK’s largest supplier of supermarket chicken, 2 Sisters Food Group, temporarily suspended production of chicken at its West Bromwich plant following an undercover investigation by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/28/uks-top-supplier-of-supermarket-chicken-fiddles-food-safety-dates" target="_blank">the Guardian</a> and <a href="http://www.itv.com/news/2017-10-01/2-sisters-suspends-production-and-retrains-staff/" target="_blank">ITV News</a> that found evidence of food safety records being altered. The 2 Sisters produces a third of all poultry products eaten in the UK and supplies all top five UK retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, Aldi, and Lidl. By altering “kill dates” 2 Sisters aimed to artificially stretch the commercial life of the meat and trick customers into buying the product past its use-by date.