Meat trader to sue Goodman group for libel

The owner of a meat trading company is to sue the factory at the centre of the horsemeat contamination scandal for defamation.

Martin McAdam claims the ABP Food group, owned by beef magnate Larry Goodman, deliberately made “false and malicious allegations” about him and his business to deflect media attention.

McAdam Food Products Ltd said notice of High Court proceedings has been served on ABP, which has since sold its Silvercrest facility in Co Monaghan — where horsemeat was detected in frozen burgers — to the Kepak Group.