A legal row over the use of the secret recipe for the spice burger has been settled.
Under the terms of the settlement, the son of the inventor of the spice burger, Paddy Walsh, has agreed to leave its production to the manufacturers, Walsh Family Foods, for three years.
Mr Walsh said he earnestly hoped the receiver succeeded in finding a buyer for the company in order to preserve the family business of which he was "justifiably proud".
Last month, Walsh Family Foods secured a number of High Court injunctions against Mr Walsh who, it claimed, had been passing off burgers made by him as their product. The injunctions were later set aside after Mr Walsh agreed to give certain undertakings
Fears over the future of the spice burger were first raised last June when
The Irish Timesrevealed that the product would no longer be manufactured due to the closure of Walsh Family Foods in Finglas, which went into receivership.
However, supplier interest was piqued by campaigns to "save the spice burger" which were mounted on Facebook and by newspapers. Just two weeks after ending production the company had sufficient orders to justify a part-time resumption in production.
Spice burgers were invented by butcher Maurice Walsh at his shop in Glasnevin in the early 1950s. His company, Walsh Family Foods, patented the recipe for spice burgers, which it describes as "a delicious blend of Irish beef, onions, cereals, herbs and spices coated with traditional outer crumb".
Paddy Walsh and his sister Helen helped develop their father's business and in 2000 they sold part of it to a consortium for £1 million. Mr Walsh stayed on as an employee.
Receiver Kieran Wallace of KPMG intends to sell off the business as a going concern and at present there were a number of parties interested, the court heard last month.
With the settlement of the dispute, these efforts are likely to be redoubled.
