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Horse meat in burgers? All part of a stable diet..

Nearly £300m has been wiped off the value of Tesco after a number of its burgers were found to contain horse meat.

The FSAI said the meat came from two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, and the Dalepak Hambleton plant in Yorkshire.

It said there was no risk to health.

The burgers were on sale in Tesco and Iceland in the UK and Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland they were on sale in Dunnes Stores, Lidl and Aldi.

A total of 27 products were analysed, with 10 of them containing horse DNA and 23 containing pig DNA.

Horsemeat accounted for approximately 29% of the meat content in one sample from Tesco.

In addition, 31 beef meal products, including cottage pie, beef curry pie and lasagne, were analysed, of which 21 tested positive for pig DNA.

The chief executive of the FSAI, Professor Alan Reilly, said that while the findings posed no risk to public health, they did raise some concerns.

The news comes at a bad time for Tesco which is attempting to convince customers about the quality of its products and services after losing market share to rivals. It has admitted the management took its eye off the UK stores during its push for overseas expansion.

The bad publicity has helped push Tesco 3.6p lower to 346p, a 1% fall in a FTSE 100 which is down just 0.5%. Analyst

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