Wednesday 28 February 2007
WHAT DID THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH SAY?
... will Bernard Matthews ever recover from the outbreak of bird flu that threatens to devastate his £400m turkey empire? Asks the Belfast Telegraph
THE EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY
What does the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority - EFSA - say? And
What is the EFSA's Key Strategy?
What is the EFSA's Key Strategy?
JOINT REPORT BY DEFRA, FSA AND THE HPA
What does the joint report from DEFRA, the Food Standards Agency and the Health Protection Agency say?
WHAT IS THE RISK FOR WORKERS AT BERNARD MATTHEWS?
Investigation Of Workers Involved In The Holton Avian Flu Outbreak, UK - a report by Medical News Today
BERNARD MATTHEWS LAYS OFF ANOTHER 38 WORKERS
38 more workers have been laid off by a firm forced to slaughter 160,000 turkeys after a bird flu outbreak. Report from the BBC and Norwish Evening News
EXCLUSION ZONES
Exclusion zones in Holton to remain in place until the second week of March, report from the East Anglian Daily Times
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Bernard Matthews plant investigated for responsibility of bird flu spread, news report
Tuesday 27 February 2007
PORTUGUESE WORKERS
How many Portuguese workers in these photos taken at Bernard Matthews?
What were the risks for workers gassing the turkeys?
What were the risks for workers gassing the turkeys?
HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY SAYS...?
"... that the risk to food processing workers and other personnel working in around the food processing plant as being very low and as a result they didn’t require any antiviral treatment."
MEDICATION GIVEN ON 27TH OF FEBRUARY
Medication was made available today to employees at Bernard Matthews
COMPENSATION FOR COMPANY
Bernard Matthews to receive government compensation for the 159 000 turkeys slaughtered.
PUBLIC REGULATION
In cases of outbreaks of bird flu does the Department of Health send specialists to companies to deal with the potentially infected animals or is this the responsibility of the employees?
MONEY MATTERS
The outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu in a Bernard Matthews plant in East Anglia is likely to cost Britain £370m in export trade, with a minimum six-month global trade ban on UK poultry almost certain. And that’s not to mention the impact on the £3.4bn-a-year domestic market.
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