The company stated: We in ABP Food Group acknowledge the Tesco statement of this morning. We understand their decision to stop sourcing from Silvercrest Foods but also welcome their decision to continue sourcing fresh beef from other ABP companies.
The ABP Food Group has developed a very strong business – based on trust. We have let our customers down in this incident and we apologise for this.
We have already implemented total management change at the Silvercrest facility – which remains closed. We also have effected a Group Re-organisation to better manage our Convenience foods business. We have put in place new procedures to audit all our third party suppliers. We have also established comprehensive DNA testing procedures – we will become an industry leader in this area.
Paul Finnerty, ABP Food Group CEO, said: “We have learnt important lessons from this incident and we are determined to ensure that this never happens again.”
Source: ABP Food Group
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