Chicken safety scandal: 2 Sisters faces parliamentary inquiry after revelations

Commons committee to summon founder Ranjit Singh Boparan as three supermarkets suspend contracts and FSA launches investigation

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Three of the UK's biggest supermarket chains have halted deliveries of chicken from a factory belonging to the country's biggest poultry supplier after undercover filming revealed poor hygiene standards and food safety records being altered.

The 2 Sisters Food Group, which owns the site, is also facing a "short, sharp" parliamentary inquiry in the wake of evidence uncovered by a joint investigation by the Guardian and ITV News, which showed footage of workers altering the source and slaughter date of poultry being processed at the plant in West Bromwich. Experts said their actions could artificially stretch the commercial life of the meat and dupe consumers into buying chicken past its use-by date.