The international search for the source of the horsemeat scandal has met with denials from one of the Polish suppliers involved but has become clearer closer to home.

The Agriculture Minister said that significant resources are being deployed to investigate the horse meat controversy.

The Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has said if there is fraudulent activity behind the horsemeat controversy, it will be fully exposed.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has committed to resolving the horse meat crisis after food safety chiefs warned of fraudsters drip-feeding contaminated product into the food chain.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney will brief a parliamentary committee on the horse meat controversy today after a second processing plant tested positive for equine DNA.