# horsemeat - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
The fast food restaurant chain ended its partnership with ABP Group earlier this year because of the horsemeat scandal.
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# horsemeat - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
The firm, run by Minister Simon Coveney’s brother, was caught up in the scandal when one of its products was found to have equine DNA.
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# horsemeat - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Minister Simon Coveney also wants tighter controls on the movement of horses.
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# horsemeat - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: making it easier for everyone to be insolvent; Alan Shatter’s beliebers; Quinnsolvency and waking up the Troika in the middle of the night…
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# horsemeat - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
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The meatballs would only be sold or given away in Sweden, however. The company has said that Ikea stores in other countries would have to follow local rules and regulations.
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# horsemeat - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
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All beef samples tested negative for horse DNA though one horse carcase was found to have traces of bute and is now under investigation.
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The results were to be submitted to the commission by yesterday, 15 April, and are expected to be published today.
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# horsemeat - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Earlier the Netherlands’ food safety agency said that a Dutch supplier may have distributed as much as 50,000 tonnes of contaminated beef to companies across Europe.
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# horsemeat - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
The supermarket said testing revealed “very low levels” of the drug.
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A new Europe-wide focus on labelling and traceability could increase turnover for these businesses over the next year, according to a new report.
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# horsemeat - Saturday 30 March, 2013
There are around 50,000 food points of sale in the country with just 300 inspectors to ensure that they meet food safety standards.
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# horsemeat - Friday 29 March, 2013
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The Department of Agriculture refused to release over a hundred pages of emails between it and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland following a Freedom of Information request.
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# horsemeat - Monday 25 March, 2013
The results showed the presence of horsemeat in two products that had already been withdrawn from the market.
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# horsemeat - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: The country is ‘fraped’ with snow; Pope Francis feels let down by Ming Flanagan; horsemeat scandal neigh fair to the rich?
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# horsemeat - Friday 15 March, 2013
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Also today, QK Meats apologised for not contacting the Department of Agriculture about horsemeat found at its plant last year.
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Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney says the horsemeat saga risks damaging Ireland’s food sector – but has it changed the amount of beef that you eat?
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# horsemeat - Thursday 14 March, 2013
The Minister published the report of the investigation into the mislabelling of processed meat this afternoon.
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The Agriculture Minister has published a report into the ongoing horsemeat controversy, revealing that one company knew about the equine DNA products as early as June 2012.
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An inspection uncovered 25 irregularities with horse passports and microchips.
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# horsemeat - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
The meatloaf was manufactured at Eurostock in Craigavon, Northern Ireland.
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# horsemeat - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
The sausages were removed from sale due to precautionary DNA tests for horsemeat.
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The BBC Northern Ireland’s Spotlight programme interviewed the insider.
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# horsemeat - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
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# horsemeat - Monday 4 March, 2013
The products have all previously been identified and removed from the marketplace.
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Data from Kantar Worldpanel Ireland has shown the impact of the horsemeat scandal on sales of frozen burgers.
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# horsemeat - Saturday 2 March, 2013
“It was labelled as beef pie, so it should be beef pie,” says a baffled inspector.
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# horsemeat - Friday 1 March, 2013
However, 99 per cent of the Food Safety Authority’s tests continue to show no horse DNA at or above the level of 1 per cent.
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# horsemeat - Thursday 28 February, 2013
DNA was found in three samples out of 121 tested, the country’s deputy national veterinarian said.
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# horsemeat - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
It comes just two days after the Swedish furniture giant pulled meatballs from shelves after horse DNA was found.
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# horsemeat - Monday 25 February, 2013
The meatballs have been withdrawn from at least 15 countries, including Ireland, after traces of horse DNA were found in one of three tests.
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# horsemeat - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Minister Coveney has said that the investigation is independent – and if Deputy Éamon Ó Cúiv would like a briefing on it, he would happy to facilitate it.
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Meanwhile, French President Francois Hollande has called for compulsory labelling and traceability of meat in processed foods in Europe.
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# horsemeat - Friday 22 February, 2013
Operations have been suspended at the plant, which is under investigation by the Agriculture Department’s Special Investigation Unit.
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The supermarket giant say they will continue to carry out food tests “to ensure this issue never happens again”.
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