1 March, 2007
Matthews could get £670,000 compensation over turkey cull
By SEAN POULTERDaily Mail
Also front-page of the Telegraph.
"Taxpayers may have to pay Bernard Matthews as much as £670,000 in compensation for turkeys culled after bird flu was discovered at one of his company's factory farms.""......It is understood there is a possibility of other payments to cover the firm's clean-up costs and financial support for workers who were laid off.""..........The turkey sheds used by the company had holes in the roofs which were used by the gulls for roosting. As a result, it is possible that infection was washed into the shed by the rain. There was also access for rats and mice. Defra said there will be no decision on a prosecution of the company for about two weeks.""........Even if it is found to be culpable in some way, this would not prevent compensation." ".......A company spokesman said: 'Bernard Matthews can confirm it will receive compensation from Defra for culling healthy turkeys following last month's outbreak.'"
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Who is responsible for approving this insulting regulation? DEFRA condones keeping 160,000 chickens in 20 sheds, may find illegal environmental conditions and then even so rewards the offender with hundreds of thousands of the taxpayers money. To add insult to injury, the taxpayer paid for their removal thus saving Matthews the overhead expense. Can nothing be done about this? Any suggestions? The whole thing makes me sick. This is one of the reasons why I do not enter supermarkets except to protest against GMOs in food.
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