Abattoir owner claims beef contaminated during transit

A Kerry abattoir owner claimed at Limerick Circuit Civil Court yesterday that 50 carcasses of beef were contaminated while being taken in a refrigerated trailer to a processor in Dublin.

Michael Sheehan, Ring of Kerry Meats, Glenbeigh, is seeking €36,578 damages from Barna Transport, Newcastle West, Co Limerick.

He said a customer in England told him in February 2013 that he was to send his next consignment to Brannigan’s in Dublin.