Yorkshire poultry farm partner fined £28,000 over Avian flu offences

A partner in Mathison (Farmers) Leven, East Yorkshire, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 31 January, in relation to animal health and food safety offences

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Yorkshire poultry farm partner fined £28,000 over Avian flu offences

Mathison (Farmers) Leven commercially rear and slaughter poultry at Southfield Farm, Leven, East Yorkshire. Daniel Mathison, 49, pleaded guilty to four offences relating to the Avian Influenza (bird...

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