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Silvercrest Foods lost its contract with three supermarket chains in the wake of the horsemeat controversy

High Court proceedings over horsemeat

A company at the centre of the horsemeat scandal has begun High Court proceedings for breach of contract against a Polish supplier.

News • 12 Sep 13

ABP owns Silvercrest, which has lost contracts over horse meat

Committee may seek to question ABP over horse meat

The Chair of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, Fine Gael TD Andrew Doyle, has said the committee will make a decision on Tuesday about whether to call the ABP Food Group before it for questioning.

News • 03 Feb 13

Simon Coveney said a Polish plant supplied meat to Silvercrest Foods in Monaghan (Pic: Philip Fitzpatrick)

Polish tests prove negative for horse meat

The Polish Department of Agriculture has revealed that its investigations into the source of horse meat at meat plants in the country have so far proved negative.

News • 01 Feb 13

Anne McIntosh said authorities still had to get to the bottom of the burger meat problem

IFA calls for more inspections at meat plants

IFA President John Bryan has called for increased inspections at meat processing plants in the wake of the horse meat controversy.

News • 31 Jan 13

Simon Coveney said the tests are helping the Department of Agriculture to establish where the problem originated

Kenny praises 'swift action' on meat controversy

The Taoiseach has said any damage done to Ireland's reputation over the horse meat controversy will be quickly reversed as a result of swift action taken to determine the source of the problem.

News • 18 Jan 13

Silvercrest Foods has suspended all production (Pic: Philip Fitzpatrick)

Horse DNA confirmed in burger sample

The Department of Agriculture has said that preliminary laboratory results indicate the presence of horse DNA in nine out of 13 samples of finished burgers at the Silvercrest plant.

News • 18 Jan 13

All implicated batches of the burgers have been removed from supermarket shelves

Finding source of horse meat a 'priority'

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said serious issues need to be addressed in relation to the discovery of horse and pig DNA in frozen beef burgers.

News • 17 Jan 13

Horse DNA was found in 37% of beef burger products tested by the FSAI

Horse DNA found in beef burgers

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said that horse DNA has been found in some beef burger products on sale in supermarkets.

News • 24 Jan 13

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