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World Service,21 Jul 2014,28 mins

A new China food safety scandal

World Business Report

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A supplier for McDonald's and KFC is shut down for selling out of date meat. With public confidence in food safety in China already at rock bottom, following a series of scandals, we report on the background to the latest difficulties. As the boss of Britain's largest retailer Tesco steps down unexpectedly, we ask what it will take for the company to get back on track. Also in the programme, as rhetoric over sanctions on Russia continues to intensify after Thursday's Malaysia Airlines disaster, given close economic ties between Russia and Europe we ask whether European governments can afford to take a tougher line. Plus, with the Commonwealth Games kicking off in Glasgow this Wednesday, we report on the legacy of the last Games, which took place in India's capital New Delhi, in 2010. And our regular commentator, Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times considers the fine art of the email auto-reply.

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