The horsemeat crisis brings us new opportunities

Probes into the recent food scandal highlight the importance of new opportunities for Irish-British co-operation, says Joe McHugh

IN January, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland made the disturbing discovery of horse DNA in a sample of beef burgers. The products that had tested positive had come from three plants, two in Ireland and one in the UK.

In doing so the FSAI had performed an invaluable act — it had essentially blown the whistle on what now appears to be the systematic and widespread compromising of the beef supply chain across Europe.