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Post by Pops on Apr 19, 2007 18:13:21 GMT
£3.75 per turkey compensation.
How come we as tax payers have to pay Bernard Matthews £600,000 compensation for his firm importing contaminated meat into this country and putting our bird population at risk.
I will never buy one of their products again, unless I am missing some point.
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Post by judi on Apr 19, 2007 18:16:14 GMT
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Post by CD on Apr 19, 2007 18:20:15 GMT
Doesn't seem fair, but snag is he followed the rules - at least he has all the correct documentation so is seen to have followed the rules. If farmers were not compensated some would sell infected livestock and we'd be in an even bigger mess. But when I saw how his birds are/were kept, I vowed to always do my best to buy free range poultry and eggs. But try doing that at a cafe, restaurant McDs etc.  |
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Post by teejayexc on Apr 19, 2007 18:20:45 GMT
£3.75 per turkey compensation. How come we as tax payers have to pay Bernard Matthews £600,000 compensation for his firm importing contaminated meat into this country and putting our bird population at risk. I will never buy one of their products again, unless I am missing some point. Think we got STUFFED!Trev |
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Post by judi on Apr 19, 2007 18:54:11 GMT
I think we are stuffed all ways. I read somewhere how much actual meat was produced in one of those Bernard Matthews Roasts.   I try not to buy anything processed now. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2007 20:52:55 GMT
The way I read it they got compensated for loss of healthy birds culled to stop the spread of disease, fair enough.
Bad why weren't they fined for the hygene offences found on their premises?
I too will be avoiding their products.
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Post by iooi on Apr 19, 2007 22:17:42 GMT
But when I saw how his birds are/were kept, I vowed to always do my best to buy free range poultry and eggs. Do you realise that the definition of free range is that they are able to move around. But this means in many cases that the birds are still kept in large barns with so many birds in that they hardly can move around and never see the outside unless its on the way out to be slaughtered. If they are kept in cages while their life is sad at least they do not have to fight for food or the bit of space they are stood in. Sure some of the proper free range stuff is where they are allowed to roam free outside, but you really only find them when you actually get to visit one of the countryside farms that are selling to the gen public via a sign at the side of the road. |
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Post by carrots on Apr 20, 2007 17:31:21 GMT
...at least they do not have to fight for food or the bit of space ...
ah but you see it is that fighting that gives the birds their daily exercise and make the meat taste better.
I recall a story of tuna fishermen from japan that would transport their tuna live to japan so that the fish was as fresh as possible for sushi... they found that even so the fish would taste right. So some bright spark decided to put a live shark in the tank... hey presto the tuna would arrive in pristine condition cause they would get exercised all the way to the docks!
A little stress is good for ya! :-)
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