But Mr Wearne told the BBC the FSA was not too close to the industry and remained an independent regulator.

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Steve Wearne, a director at the FSA, said it had called an urgent meeting "of a range of suppliers" on Monday where it would "stress again the responsibility of all food businesses to ensure the food that they sell contains what it says on the label".

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