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16/01/2013
Investigation Launched Into Horsemeat Beefburgers
An investigation has been launched following the discovery that beefburgers on sale in UK and Irish Republic supermarkets contained horsemeat.
Irish food safety officials, who carried out tests two months ago, said the products had been stocked by a number of chains including Tesco and Iceland stores in the UK.
But added that there was no human health risk and the burgers had been removed.
The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it was working with the Food Standards Agency to "urgently investigate" how the products came to contain horsemeat.
The investigation will trace the meat back to its source to "find the cause of the contamination".
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), which is conducting similar inquiries, said the meat had come from two processing plants in the Irish Republic - Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods - and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in North Yorkshire.
The burgers had been on sale in Tesco and Iceland in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, where they were also on sale in Dunnes Stores, Lidl and Aldi.
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Irish food safety officials, who carried out tests two months ago, said the products had been stocked by a number of chains including Tesco and Iceland stores in the UK.
But added that there was no human health risk and the burgers had been removed.
The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it was working with the Food Standards Agency to "urgently investigate" how the products came to contain horsemeat.
The investigation will trace the meat back to its source to "find the cause of the contamination".
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), which is conducting similar inquiries, said the meat had come from two processing plants in the Irish Republic - Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods - and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in North Yorkshire.
The burgers had been on sale in Tesco and Iceland in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, where they were also on sale in Dunnes Stores, Lidl and Aldi.
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