On Tuesday 5 February, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) confirmed that a consignment of frozen meat in a cold store in County Down, contained about 80% horsemeat.
The Newry firm, Freeza Meat said it was storing the consignment at the request of a company in the Republic of Ireland and added that none of the meat had got into the food chain.
Twenty-four hours later, a consignment of beef in a County Down cold store tested positive for horse DNA. The samples taken from Freeza Meat in Newry were found to be about 80% horsemeat.