ITV - Bernard Matthews
- From: "Pat Gardiner" <patgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:23:34 -0000
Pat's Note: Now ITV pick up the story. Worse is to come.
Britain's corrupt state veterinarians are now firmly in the frame with the
EU investigators hot on their tails.
http://www.itv.com/news/britain_e020424dda8017f6ff543df4c06e44f1.html
Poultry processed in infected plant
5.44, Thu Mar 8 2007
Hundreds of tons of poultry meat passed through an infected turkey plant
during a bird flu outbreak in February, a health minister has revealed.
Nearly 100 tons was delivered to the Bernard Matthews plant in Holton,
Suffolk, from Hungary - the country suspected as being the source of the
outbreak, figures showed.
A Labour Euro MP said many members of the public would have assumed that the
plant had shut down completely during the outbreak and would be surprised by
the revelation.
But the Food Standards Agency said none of the meat went near the sheds
where infected birds were found and it was processed on other areas of the
site.
A spokeswoman said there had been no risk to public health.
Public health minister Caroline Flint said 850 tons of turkey and 50 tons of
chicken passed through the plant and went into the food chain between
February 2 - when the outbreak was confirmed - and February 12, when the all
clear was sounded.
She revealed the figures in a parliamentary written answer following a
question from Birmingham Labour MP Roger Godsiff.
She said 757 tons of turkey was from the UK and 93 tons from Hungary - and
the chicken came from Brazil.
None of the staff involved in processing the meat had handled live birds,
she added.
Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com
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