Food Safety Authority of Ireland

“The causes of these two problems are therefore likely to be different…”

Pete Baker on January 17, 2013, 8:41 pm

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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is conducting further tests at two Irish meat processing factories following the recent identification of pig and horse DNA in a range of beef-based products. The UK’s Food Standards Agency is also investigating further. And there’s been a statement from the Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill. Commenting on the Food Safety Authority of Ireland findings of horse DNA which been found in a range of meat products, Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill said: “I support …

“In Ireland, it is not in our culture to eat horsemeat and therefore, we do not expect to find it in a burger…”

Pete Baker on January 15, 2013, 8:51 pm

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So, what did you have for dinner… The BBC reports the headline findings of the snapshot survey by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland of some beef-based products on sale in Ireland. From the BBC report Horse DNA has been found in some beef burgers being sold in UK and Irish supermarkets, the Republic of Ireland’s food safety authority (FSAI) has said. The FSAI said the meat came from two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, and …