Meat firm ABP has begun legal action against a Polish supplier. It has gone to the High Court claiming breech of contract against the firm Food Service relating to the horsemeat scandal.

Separately ABP has confirmed it has accepted a financial settlement from Norwest Foods which supplied ABP's Silvercrest with beef containing equine DNA.

In a statement Norwest Foods acknowledges "that it may have unknowingly and unwittingly supplied contaminated beef products contrary to the terms of Norwest's contract with ABP. Norwest wishes to apologise to ABP for any inconvenience or concerns caused by this supply."

Details of the financial settlement are subject to a confidentiality agreement.

Paul Finnerty is Chief Executive of ABP Group. "ABP has always insisted that it never knowingly provided beef that contained equine DNA to any of its customers" he said.

"This was confirmed in the findings of the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine's report of March 2013. ABP's initial focus was to implement systems to ensure this cannot reoccur and establish the source of certain contaminated product".

"We have done that now and our current focus is on seeking redress against certain suppliers. We have already resolved matters with Norwest and will now pursue our claim against Food Service through the courts" he added.