| Number | 9392 |
| Subject | Food |
| Source | ABC News Primetime Live |
| State | New York |
| Year | 1992 |
| Publication Date | Nov. 5 |
| Summary | ABC PrimeTime Live "spent six months researching and investigating the grocery store chain, Food Lion... Former and current employees told (PrimeTime) that because they were under a great deal of pressure to meet profit quotas, they routinely put old or spoiled food back out for sale with a new expiration date... Food Lion was already facing numerous lawsuits and a Labor Department investigation involving off-the-clock work,... The company had dismissed those charges as a union conspiracy designed to destroy the company.... An ABC producer worked in two meat departments and an ABC associate producer worked in a deli. No one in the stores know who (they) were or that (they) had hidden cameras" Food Lion has strongly objected to the reporting techniques used to produce this story. |
| Category | None |
| Pages | 18 |
| Keywords | VIDEOCLIP TAPE TRANSCRIPT unsanitary food handling practices undercover reporting Food Lion response grocery supermarket United Food and Commerical Workers Union UFCW |
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