April 18, 2013
Thu 18/04/13 The ABP Food Group has taken the strategic decision to exit the frozen burger sector in Ireland and as a consequence we have sold the Silvercrest facility at Ballybay, Co Monaghan to Kepak Group, subject to Competition Authority approval. This sale involves the transfer of the 122 staff currently employed at Silvercrest. Throughout [...]
April 17, 2013
Sat 06/04/13 On Saturday 4th of April, world renowned animal welfare expert Dr. Temple Grandin Ph.D, officially approved and opened the new state-of-the-art lairage facility at ABP Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. Dr Grandin was joined by Miriam Parker, Director of Livestock-wise (UK). Links: To learn more about Dr Temple Grandin Ph.D click here: http://www.grandin.com/temple.html http://templegrandin.com/templehome.html
March 25, 2013
Ireland’s soccer stars enjoyed Certified Irish Angus from ABP Ireland prior to earning their invaluable point on the way to World Cup 2014 qualification.
March 19, 2013
ABP Food Group response to the Statement and Report by the Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food on the Equine DNA & Mislabelling of Processed Beef Investigation “ABP Food Group is bitterly disappointed by Minister Coveney’s statement to Dáil Eireann yesterday (14th March 2013) and certain references to the company in the report published by [...]
March 4, 2013
Statement ABP Ireland 04 03 13 ABP Ireland welcomes the findings of Greencore plc’s investigation into the test result on their bolognaise product of two weeks ago. Greencore’s investigation has cleared ABP Nenagh as the source of any contamination (http://www.greencore.ie/content.asp?page=581). ABP’s own investigation included an extensive testing programme for all raw materials used in the [...]
February 25, 2013
President Higgins enjoyed the best of Irish produce at a lunch during his official visit to France hosted by the Irish Ambassador Mr Paul Kavanagh at the Cercle de l’Union Iteralliee on Rue Faubourg Saint-Honore. The highlight of the lunch was the Hereford Prime from ABP Ireland which is distributed in France by Jean Denaux [...]
January 26, 2013
26th January 2013 The ABP Food Group welcomes the statement from Minister Coveney this afternoon about the equine DNA issue. This confirms our initial view that this contamination originates from third party continental supply. Throughout this incident the company has worked closely with all the Authorities involved and our customers. Paul Finnerty, Group Chief Executive, [...]
January 16, 2013
Press Statement Wednesday, 16th January 2013 ABP FOOD GROUP TO INTRODUCE NEW TESTING REGIME, INCLUDING DNA TESTING, FOR ALL MEAT PRODUCTS FOLLOWING FSAI FINDINGS ABP takes this matter extremely seriously and apologises for the understandable concern this issue has caused. ABP Food Group companies have never knowingly bought, handled or supplied equine meat products and [...]
November 21, 2012
ABP UK was presented with a silver Green Apple Award at the Houses of Parliament earlier this week for environment considerations on work on its Sturminster Newton abattoir upgrade. The upgrade to the plant included a scheme to reduce water usage in the factory. ABP managing director, Tom Kirwan was delighted with the award and [...]
November 19, 2012
Irish Yogurts, from Clonakilty in West Cork, and ABP Food Group, from Ardee, Louth, have won the first ever Tesco SME Exporter Award and Large Exporter Award respectively, it was announced today at a special lunch in the Four Seasons Hotel to celebrate the growth of Irish food exports to Tesco internationally. An independent report [...]