to provide compensation to the workers affected. The Transport and General Workers' Union paid out hardship monies from union funds to union members, on top of any state benefits to which the laid-off workers were entitled and a one-off £100 payment from Bernard Matthews. A row broke out on 01/03/2007 when it emerged that the government was paying compensation to the company for the 159 000 culled turkeys while laid-off workers were receiving nothing. At £3.75 each for hens and £3.53 for toms, the payout was then estimated at between £537 000 and £570 000. In the event, though, the actual compensation bill came out at £589,356.89. The crisis cost Bernard Matthews at least £20 m in lost sales and costs. See also Redgrave 2007 outbreak References 2007 disease outbreaks 2007 disasters in the United Kingdom 2007 in England 2000s in Suffolk Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak B Disease outbreaks in England Food safety in the United Kingdom Influenza outbreaks