Reopened meat firm denies any wrongdoing

B&F Meats, which had been accused by the Department of Agriculture of mislabelling horsemeat as beef of the Czech market, is back in business and yesterday said it “had not at any stage misrepresented the nature of its products”.

The Carrick-on-Suir facility had been investigated following the claims, but last night said it had done nothing wrong — a view directly contradicted by the minister for agriculture.

In a statement released by its solicitors, B&F Meats director, Ted Farrell, said: “From the start of the investigation the company was satisfied that its records would clearly show that it had not at any stage misrepresented the nature of its products and that it had at all times acted in accordance with the terms of its contract with its UK-based client and its own documented operational procedures.”