Red meat group attacks FSA move

THE already frayed relationship between the Food Standards Agency and the Scottish red meat processing sector has taken another turn for the worse.

Yesterday the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers attacked the introduction by the Food Standards Agency of a new debt recovery process cutting the industry's long-standing payment period from 30 days to ten days. "Frankly, this is an insult to the industry," said SAMW president Alan Craig.