Tesco is to cease taking any products from frozen meat products supplier Silvercrest after what it calls a "great breach of trust" in the recent horsemeat controversy.

Upmarket supermarket Waitrose has become the latest retailer to pull beefburgers from its shelves in the horsemeat scare.

The latest round of test results on burger samples from an Irish processing plant may be released today.

The Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has said he is not surprised that Burger King decided to stop sourcing their meat from Silvercrest Foods.

It has been reported today that fast food chain Burger King is to stop sourcing burgers from the Larry Goodman owned company ABP, in light of the recent horsemeat scandal.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has dismissed reports that the beef burger found to have 29% horse content did not contain any additives sourced overseas.

Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said today that says the investigation into how horsemeat got into burgers made and sold here is "making progress".

Silvercrest Foods, an Irish factory at the centre of the burger controversy has this evening announced it is to suspend production at its plant.

Burgers containing horse meat could have been made from “diseased or injured animals”, according to environmental health experts.

Silvercrest Foods, an Irish factory at the center of the burger controversy has this evening announced it is to suspend production at it's plant.

Supermarket giant Tesco has placed full-page adverts in a number of national newspapers apologising to customers for selling beef burgers containing horsemeat.

Food producers are not required, under existing regulations, to check the content of what they add to burgers, it has emerged.

Test results are expected today which will show whether horse meat was confined to one batch of burgers or was knowingly imported by the beef factory which made them.

The UK’s food watchdog is to consult with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) over whether legal action should be taken against companies at the centre of the scandal over horse meat in beef burgers.

Vets from the Department of Agriculture are taking samples and interviewing management from one of the country’s biggest processing plants to establish how horse meat ended up in beef burgers.

Beef burgers for sale in Irish branches of Tesco were found to contain 29% horsemeat, after the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) did a spot-check on beef products for sale in supermarkets.

The companies who provided beef burgers that contained horse meat to Irish supermarkets have withdrawn the products from the market.

Horse meat has been found in a number of beef burgers sold widely in our supermarkets.

Larry Goodman’s British subsidiary, Anglo Beef Processors, has acquired a major Scottish sausage manufacturer based in Glasgow.

Irish Food Processors’ UK subsidiary, Anglo Beef Processors Ltd (ABP), has acquired a major Scottish sausage manufacturer based in Glasgow.