Bird flu farm set to reopen
THE farm at the centre of the Suffolk bird flu outbreak was expected to start processing turkeys again today after being given the go-ahead by food hygiene officials.
Environment Secretary David Miliband announced last night the slaughterhouse at Bernard Matthews' Holton site had been relicensed after it was disinfected.
The company said it would be "fully operational" from today, as an investigation into the source of the outbreak continued.
The European Commission said there was no evidence that the virus had come from Hungary, but Mr Miliband insisted all possibilities were being considered.
There are also suggestions that the Government was not told by the company that meat had been imported from within 20 miles of a similar outbreak in Hungary.
Bernard Matthews insisted it had never withheld information from officials.
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