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Burger King not affected by horse meat incident

18/01/2013
ABP Food Group, the Irish meat product manufacturer that supplied frozen burgers containing horse meat to prominent retail groups in Ireland and the UK, has suspended all operations at one of its Silvercrest plants in County Monaghan.

“We believe that we have established the source of the contaminated material to one of these suppliers,” the company said in a statement. “However, because equine DNA has been found in finished products tested this week, we have decided that the responsible course of action is to suspend all production at the Silvercrest plant in County Monaghan with immediate effect.”

It said investigations have centred around two third-party suppliers in continental Europe. It believes it has established the source of the horse meat, which comprised 29% of all meat content in one of the types of burger that went on sale, to one of the two suppliers.

ABP is also an important supplier to the Burger King fast food chain but has said Burger King products are manufactured on an independent line and that no evidence has come to light of horse meat in those products.


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