In 2008, the huge meat processor Larry Goodman, who along with Reynolds had been a key figure in the controversial Beef Tribunal in the early 1990s, bought a fifty per cent of C&D Foods for an undisclosed sum, with Philip Reynolds reducing his stake to 50 per cent and Albert Reynolds junior sell
Date: Aug 21, 2014
Category: World
Source: Google
More horse meat found in Irish burgers, Poland blamed
"It's not a surprise to me, because this is the same product that has been going into Silvercrest," he said, referring to the plant run by Ireland's most powerful beef baron Larry Goodman, whose burgers were first found to contain horsemeat.
Date: Feb 05, 2013
Category: Business
Source: Google
Burger King pulls plug for good over 100pc beef contract
Supermarket giant Asda also cancelled its deal with Silvercrest yesterday after finding its burgers contained horse DNA, while Aldi UK suspended supplies from another plant in Britain also owned by Larry Goodman's ABP Food Group.
Date: Feb 01, 2013
Category: Business
Source: Google
Key questions remain unanswered weeks into horse meat controversy
Given the scale of the ABP Food Group operation, the Silvercrest plant is a minor outpost. The Larry Goodman-owned group employs 7,500 people, 3,000 of whom are based in Ireland. The beleaguered Silvercrest plant employs 112 people in Ballybay, Co Monaghan.All this publicity must have been as welcome as a hole in the head to the media-shy Larry Goodman. To the general public, his name is synonymous with the Beef Tribunal, which uncovered irregularities in his business and cost taxpayers millions. Some people were surprised to learn he was still in theLarry Goodman is not the big bad wolf that some people like to portray him as, says one source. He has built up a long-standing reputation with retailers in the UK and has maintained it through being dependable. Tesco needs him as much as he needs them.
Date: Jan 31, 2013
Category: Business
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Darragh McCullough: Horse meat scandal will plague food sector until we get ...
First there was the announcement during the week that Burger King was pulling the plug on the 30m annual contract that the fast-food chain has with Larry Goodman's burger factory in Ballybay in Co Cavan.
Silvercrest, a subsidiary of Larry Goodman's ABP Food Group, last week suspended its operations in Co Monaghan after traces of horse DNA were found in samples of its burgers. It destroyed more than 10 million burgers.
Date: Jan 24, 2013
Category: Business
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10 million Irish beef burgers tainted with horse meat - Government to establish ...
Beef magnate Larry Goodman, owner of Silvercrest, said his processing company is not to blame. He questioned the validity of the DNA testing that found traces of horse and pig DNA in his beef burgers.