The West Yorkshire slaughterhouse at the centre of the horsemeat scandal is back in business this evening. The abattoir in Todmorden which was raided by food standards inspectors and police has been allowed to operate again three weeks after it was shut down.
It was suspected of selling horsemeat and passing it off as beef that would eventually end up in kebabs and burgers. Jon hill reports from Todmorden.
The FSA has lifted the ban on Peter Boddy Licensed Saughterhouse after operations were suspended there on February 12th.
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Burgers are back on school dinner menus in Sheffield - after tests didn't uncover a single trace of horse DNA.
Sheffield Council and school meals contractor Taylor Shaw banned all processed meats from school dinners two weeks ago following the national scandal about traces of horse meat being found in beef products.
Testing has since shown no traces of horse meat in any food - halal and non-halal - served to Sheffield's school children. In future, all burgers will be made from freshly-sourced local meat.
Tesco today announced it would be sourcing more meat from UK producers, as supermarkets came under pressure to sell more British food in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.
The supermarket giant's chief executive Philip Clarke told the National Farmers' Union annual conference:
– Philip ClarkeWhere it is reasonable to do so, we will source from British producers.
As a first step I announce that from July all of our fresh chicken must come from UK farmers. No exceptions.
And we will move over time to make sure all our chicken in all our products, fresh or frozen, is from the British Isles.
Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson MP, has said that buying something labelled beef which ends up being horse meat is "fraud".
Speaking at the NFU conference in Birmingham, where one thousand farmers have gathered, he also told listeners "we must ensure the British public have confidence in the industry and what they're eating".
1,000 farmers have gathered at the NFU conference in Birmingham to discuss what has been described as "a diabolical year".
Farmers across the region have been facing a whole number of problems - drought, floods, tuberculosis, HS2 running through their farms and the horse meat scandal.
They've heard how more food will have to be produced in England instead of being imported from other countries, because our population could increase by the equivalent size of "four Birmingham's" in the next eight years.
Farmers from across the Midlands have been talking to ITV News Central.
An IKEA spokeswoman has spoken after the company withdrew its wiener hot dog sausages:
– IKEA spokespersonBased on some hundred test results that we have received so far, there are a few indications of horsemeat.
Together with the Swedish supplier in question we have decided to withdraw wiener sausages from sale ... from that supplier.
More than three-quarters of consumers wants supermarkets to stock more food from British farms, according to a National Farmers' Union survey:
A thousand people were polled by the union.
The head of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has said farmers are "furious" about the horsemeat scandal.
Peter Kendall said that shorter supply chains and better labelling of British meat would help prevent a repeat.
He added: "Our research also demonstrates the strong demand for British-farmed products, and so retailers, processors and food service companies have a responsibility to ensure there is clear country of origin labelling on the products that consumers purchase."
Downing Street has emphasised that the onus is on the food industry to rebuild confidence among consumers after the horsemeat scandal.
"There is a job to try to address consumer confidence. That is the responsibility of the retailers and the meat industry," a Number 10 spokeswoman said.
