In a statement issued yesterday, Burger King said food quality and safety were “a top priority” for its restaurants globally.

“We have stringent and overlapping controls to ensure that the products we sell to our customers meet our strict quality standards.

“While this is not a food safety issue according to findings from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), upon learning of these allegations, we immediately launched an independent investigation that is currently ongoing.

“As a precaution, this past weekend we decided to replace all Silvercrest products in the UK Ireland with products from another approved Burger King supplier,” it said.

The end of the line for the Bacon Double G-Gs.

We’ll get our colt.

Burger King drops Silvercrest as supplier (Colin Gleeson, Irish Times)