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| 'Horsemeat' found in Polish beef at Irish burger plant | 'Horsemeat' found in Polish beef at Irish burger plant |
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| Horsemeat has been found in beef at another meat processor in the Republic of Ireland. | Horsemeat has been found in beef at another meat processor in the Republic of Ireland. |
| Rangeland Foods in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, has temporarily suspended production after beef from Poland tested positive for horse DNA. | Rangeland Foods in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, has temporarily suspended production after beef from Poland tested positive for horse DNA. |
| The company said the consignment was received in early January and did not go into production. | The company said the consignment was received in early January and did not go into production. |
| It said the test results were immediately reported to the Department of Agriculture. | It said the test results were immediately reported to the Department of Agriculture. |
| The company said that 90% of the beef it uses is of Irish origin. | The company said that 90% of the beef it uses is of Irish origin. |
| Established in 1982, the company has more than 80 employees. | Established in 1982, the company has more than 80 employees. |
| In statement to the Irish broadcaster RTE, Ireland's Department of Agriculture said that it had received a test result confirming 75% horse DNA in a raw material ingredient at Rangeland Foods in County Monaghan. | In statement to the Irish broadcaster RTE, Ireland's Department of Agriculture said that it had received a test result confirming 75% horse DNA in a raw material ingredient at Rangeland Foods in County Monaghan. |
| Last month Irish food inspectors found horse DNA in some beefburgers being sold in UK and Irish supermarkets. | |
| The meat came from two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in Yorkshire. | |
| Halal | |
| 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. | |
| The officials said there was no risk to human health and the burgers had been removed. | |
| Since then Tesco, Aldi, the Co-Op and Burger King have dropped Silvercrest as a supplier. | |
| On Sunday, it emerged that a food producer in Northern Ireland had supplied halal food containing traces of pork DNA to prisons. | |
| McColgan's Quality Foods Limited was the source of "the very small number of halal savoury beef pastry products," said food distributor 3663. | |
| The County Tyrone company said it was co-operating with The Food Standards Agency. | |
| 3663 carried out tests on five products after suspecting the halal products may have contained horsemeat. | |
| A 3663 company spokeswoman said it was "shocked" to find pork DNA traces. | |
| She added that the affected products had been withdrawn from supply and were only distributed to prisons. | |
| Under Islamic law, Muslims are required to eat halal food - and eating pork is strictly forbidden. |