Controversial ingredients

It’s a question of traceability as Conor Ryan plots the route taken by the Food Safety Authority which led to it discovering horse and pig DNA in burgers

THE discovery of horse and pig DNA in frozen beef burgers has raised more questions than it has offered answers.

But the facts that have emerged suggest the detection of one particularly problematic sample from a Monaghan meat processor. This result, which showed almost one third of a packet of burgers was made up of horse DNA, raised the loudest alarms.