date:Jan 17, 2013
tested positive.
But the ISFAs own procedures meant three more tests had to be carried out to verify its findings before its results were made public on Monday and shelves cleared.
It said new testing methods allowed it to check randomly for horse DNA and admitted it was a massive coincidence that its first ever probe revealed 10 out of 27 products were contaminated, one with 29% horse meat.
Silvercrest and sister firm Dalepak Hambleton of Yorkshire owned by ABP Food Group and independent