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Bird flu farm set to be restocked Bird flu farm to resume slaughter
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Bernard Matthews is to begin restocking the Suffolk factory farm where bird flu was found earlier this month. Bernard Matthews is to resume slaughtering and processing turkeys at the Suffolk farm where bird flu was found earlier this month.
Live birds will be brought in under a special licence which will allow them to cross into the exclusion zone.Live birds will be brought in under a special licence which will allow them to cross into the exclusion zone.
Bird flu was originally confirmed at the plant in Holton, Suffolk, on 3 February, and 159,000 turkeys were culled. Bird flu was confirmed at the plant in Holton on 3 February, and 159,000 turkeys were culled.
The farm was shut down although a processing unit on the same site has continued to operate. Environment Secretary David Miliband said he had been "guided by science" in allowing production to resume.
The turkeys will be brought in to the factory from 0900 GMT on Tuesday, from the 50 farms Bernard Matthews operates around the UK.
Mr Miliband said: "We deliberately created an independent scientific advisory body - the Food Standards Agency.
"The question that I asked them is: Is it sensible?
"And they say yes, it is sensible because they investigated all of the aspects of this slaughterhouse and they believe them to be of an appropriate standard."