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Last Modified: 07 Dec 2007
Source: ITN

Waitrose will not sell organic turkeys this Christmas because of the bird flu outbreak.

The chain has written to 1,300 customers who pre-ordered organic birds offering them a £10 voucher and the chance to switch to free-range.

Waitrose sources organic turkeys from two farms on the Norfolk-Suffolk border where culls were carried out.

A Waitrose spokeswoman said the chain would still stock non-organic free range and Select Farm own label turkeys.

She added: "Waitrose sources all its turkeys from known farms and we are not prepared to compromise those principles by buying turkeys on the open market. Organic turkeys make up a small proportion of our total turkey requirements."

"The two farms we source from were impacted by avian flu."

Many of the customers contacted by Waitrose asked for their £10 gift vouchers to be donated to the affected farmers, she added.

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