Tankus Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Asian strain bird flu confirmed, 160,000 turkeys culled as they are no longer considered boootifull all staff been given Tamiflu ( a placebo perhaps ) MAFF seem confident of containement .May have implications on the current form of free range farming allowing exposure to migratory birds .the GuardianI feel a bit sorry for the guy , as he's worked so hard in getting his product accepted as an all year around food , and not just for christmas , successfull too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 It could just give some respite to another well known personage, if the flames are fanned properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 heh ...you think ...!gets the Glasgow head kisser from the home front a few days off from yet more disaster Sunday headlines too ....for once the governments response seems quick and considered ...!..30/40hrs needed to gas all the birds ...(heh who sez we don't have WMD's, and our country's being run by a deluded madman , maybe the US should bomb us .? ) If they've got any sense they should cremate on-site and not transport , like the twats did with the foot and mouth carcases ..Containment should mean containment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Cremation would definitely not be eco-friendly. First of all think of all that hydrocarbon going up in smoke and causing an exess of CO2, and then think of the viri travelling up in the smoke (coughing a bit I suppose). They would probably come down in the arctic circle and cause all the ice bergs to catch chicken flu. Then where would we be? The Atlantic filled with coughing and sneezing pack ice.? I suppose Bob Geldorf could organise a charity event for them. Then his pocket would be Booty full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 The big mystery here is how the birds caught the virus. They never see the light of day, being kept indoors. It is one of those dreadful factory farms. At least the birds have died early without further suffering further kept locked up shoulder to shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 would it not be worthwhile for MAFF to own portable (ie arctic lorry trailer sized) high temperature incinerators .... and deal instances of foot and mouth/Asian flu or whatevers next ,quickly and localised ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 would it not be worthwhile for MAFF to own portable (ie arctic lorry trailer sized) high temperature incinerators .... and deal instances of foot and mouth/Asian flu or whatevers next ,quickly and localised .......They would need dozens of them to cope with the numbers involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I wonder if the biggest, struttingest, gobble gobbling turkey of them all will catch it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I wonder if the biggest, struttingest, gobble gobbling turkey of them all will catch it!We can but hope. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordythegouge Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I shall be ever so surprised if it's contained.......if the Turkeys are all locked in......something broke in.......and probably did so on many occasions...it would be too much to expect that the Turkeys all caught the virus due to one bloody pigeon making it's first foray into Free Meal Central! Of course ..that's the way it could have happened but that would probably means that the Tooth Fairy does exist and that there are little old elves scampering about the compost heap at the bottom of the garden! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I wonder if the biggest, struttingest, gobble gobbling turkey of them all will catch it!Are you referring to anyone on this forum, by any chance??? Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 I wonder if the biggest, struttingest, gobble gobbling turkey of them all will catch it!Are you referring to anyone on this forum, by any chance??? Thos.B'liar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 gordythegougebut that would probably means that the Tooth Fairy does existshe's been gassed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 gordythegougebut that would probably means that the Tooth Fairy does existshe's been gassedThey get bird flu as well, nellie will have to watch herself then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 hmmm the carcases are being destroyed at Europe's biggest rendering plant in Cheddleton,Staffs ,which has had a history of enviromental concerns with the locals John pointing and sonswatching the beeb this morning the carcases were just dumped into an open top loader and then just covered with a tarpaulin and it looks like they are being driven halfway across the UK to Staffordshire ( no containment or exclusion zones along the transport route )If you've got any shares in KFC sell'em now ...'cause we're &@%€&% ...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 So what do we do if one of those waggons goes past and it sneezes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 So what do we do if one of those waggons goes past and it sneezes?Duck! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 We're all doomed. :( :( :( :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 uh ho .... Hungarian connection seems likely (DNA virus match) Suggesting it was imported as a food product on the back of a Bootifull truck , and may be in the human food chain as of last week ... Supermarkets are getting edgy over possible major product recalls .... The turkey is used in a major number of products as a cheap protein bulker in pies ,pasties, ready cooked meals etc ....Defra ...."no real risk to human safety" End of the line for the twizzler ...? might not need a recall .... consumers will force the issue with their wallets BBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 The lesson is pretty obvious. Don't buy processed rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted February 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 from the turkeys mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andsome Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 from the turkeys mouthHow blasé can anyone get? I for one certainly don't fancy handling poultry with Avian flue. I wouldn't buy Matthews factory produced rubbish any way. I prefer to pay a little extra for humanely reared meat and poultry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 from the turkeys mouthHow blasé can anyone get? I for one certainly don't fancy handling poultry with Avian flue. I wouldn't buy Matthews factory produced rubbish any way. I prefer to pay a little extra for humanely reared meat and poultry.Same here andsome. I much prefer to buy from a local butcher who buys in from local farms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Where is it slaughtered then? miles away perhaps, I think that was andsome's Maggie (just so he can't blame it on the present lot) that did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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