Minced beef from Irish firms banned

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has ordered health departments across the Kingdom to refrain from using minced beef produced by the Silvercrest Foods and Liffey Meat processing plants in the Irish Republic.
The directive was based on a report issued by the Foreign Ministry, which said that both firms have been engaged in fraudulent commercial activity involving mixing minced beef with horse meat.
In a confidential memo signed by Munairah Al-Osaimi, undersecretary of medical services, the Ministry of Health stressed the need to destroy any meat merchandise produced by these two companies if found in the local market.
Meat products from both companies are distributed across a chain of restaurants in Ireland and the United Kingdom. However, the ministry did not mention the presence of these products in the Kingdom even though the restaurant chains, which deal with the two scandal-ridden companies, have several branches in the Kingdom.
The MoH emphasized the fact that it does not import meat from abroad, depending instead on local plants to satisfy meat demand for hospitals.
The Food and Drug Authority (FDA), in addition to other departments, are cooperating to ensure contaminated products do not infiltrate the local market.