2013 horse meat scandal wing on Health and Safety that pig DNA had been found in halal chicken sausages produced for schools. Horse meat is not normally eaten in Ireland and Britain. According to Professor Reilly, chief executive of the FSAI, "In Ireland, it is not our culture to eat horse meat and therefore, we do not expect to find it in a burger". Silvercrest, a subsidiary of ABP Foods has claimed that there is no risk to the public upon eating the foreign meat. Eleven firms, including Tesco and Asda, said they shared shoppers' "anger and outrage". Whitbread vowed to remedy the unacceptable
Tesco Ireland in October 2011. In January 2012, a Tesco employee, who was dismissed after contracting the HIV virus, was awarded damages at the Employment Appeals Tribunal. In June 2012, Eurostat blamed "overly dominant supermarkets" as a factor why Ireland is the fifth dearest nation in the EU. Tesco is the market leader with 28% share of the grocery market. In February 2013 it was reported that staff at a Tesco warehouse were made to wear digital arm-band devices that monitor their performance. Tesco was branded "hypocritical" by Irish poultry farmers for its commitment to source all UK-sold fresh poultry from the