Irish beef trader confident he will be cleared by probe

The Irish beef trader named as the supplier of horsemeat by ABP Food Group has said he is confident of being fully exonerated when investigations are complete.

In a statement issued last night, McAdam Foods, of which Martin McAdams is the owner, said they had “no awareness or knowledge whatsoever of any possibility of there being equine content in meat products imported and supplied by McAdam to any other company”.

McAdam supplied meat processing company Rangeland Foods with raw material in January. Rangeland, which supplies Supermac’s, suspended its operations this week after finding up to 75% horse DNA in the product.