Meat hygiene inspectors' strike

Meat hygiene inspectors' strike; VEITCH CLIPREEL (ITN) ENGLAND: ???: INT ABATTOIR SLOMO TRACK FORWARDS Meat hanging from hooks (15 secs) Meat inspector running implement down ribs of meat carcass CMS Meat inspector wearing protective clothing Meat inspector pushing carcass along Meat inspector stamping carcass CS Stamp mark left on carcass (meat inspector = 15 secs) ITN i/c with VIRTUAL REALITY GRAPHIC in b/g EXT Professor Mac Johnston (British Veterinary Association) interviewed SOT - in a good working abattoir there is no problem, but if you are in a high through-put plant & things start to go wrong & you want to slow the plant down or even stop it, then this can cause upset / at least one vet and some inspectors have told me that there are thinly veiled threats concerning the implements, which obviously include knives VEITCH CLIPREEL (ITN) SLOMO Abattoir worker sharpening knife FREEZE FRAME as meat hygiene service inspector interviewed SOT (voice disguised to protect identity) - people have been threatened with shotguns, people have had nooses put around their necks, people have been locked in offices / you just want people to say 'yes it is happening' / 50 percent of people who filled in the survey for the Meat Hygience service have been intimidated ITN EXT Professor Mac Johnston (British Veterinary Association) interviewed SOT - I hope & pray that there will be a team effort, which includes everyone in the plant, to sort this mess out so that we don't have anything which reduces the confidence in British meat VEITCH CLIPREEL (ITN) INT ABATTOIR Meat inspector cutting open carcass to check insides of organs (13 secs) CF = B0546980 OR B0547504 20.17.27 TO 20.20.02 MIX/FX PAB = B0232375 Order Ref: BSP020299009