Food Fighters
Season 1
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Episode 1
Series following the work of food inspectors. Chef Heston Blumenthal lifts the lid on his very own kitchen nightmare, and inspectors shut down an Oxford grocer's then a halal butcher's after discovering the shop is infested with mice and cockroaches. Presented by Simon Rimmer.
Episode 2
Series following the work of food inspectors. Presenter Simon Rimmer goes behind the scenes with UK Border Agency patrols at one of the world's busiest airports. They are charged with tracking down hundreds of tonnes of illegally imported meat smuggled into Britain each year via freight consignments. In Cornwall the Food Standards Agency orders a temporary ban on the harvesting of mussels after the discovery of algae which cause serious food poisoning.
Episode 3
Series following the work of food inspectors. Simon Rimmer joins inspectors who police food safety at Britain's largest fish market - Billingsgate in London. Plus there is the inside story of how food inspectors cracked one of Britain's biggest ever food scams.
Episode 4
Series following the work of food inspectors. There is an evening inspection of a pizza takeaway in Middlesbrough which has previously been prosecuted for poor hygiene conditions. Simon Rimmer joins trading standard officers in Manchester as they investigate fish and chip shops suspected of swindling customers by passing off river cobbler as cod.
Episode 5
Series looking at the work of food inspectors. Simon Rimmer follows inspectors who police the growing number of exotic animal farms which are operating to produce meat for UK consumers. Five years on, we explore how food inspectors worked to uncover one of the most devastating outbreaks of food poisoning ever to hit Britain.
Episode 6
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Episode 7
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Episode 10
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