Horsemeat test results due to be released today

Test results due to be released today should prove whether or not a food additive sourced overseas was the cause of the 29% horse DNA content in a budget Tesco burger.

Last night, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney refused to reveal the results of tests on 24 burger samples which had been sent to Germany. Those results arrived back yesterday evening but the minister said he had not had a chance to look at them in detail and wanted to cross-check the results.

When he revealed on RTÉ’s Prime Time that the results were back, it was put to him that he should release them immediately.