Horsemeat scandal: France blames processor Spanghero

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Source: BBC

14 February 2013 Last updated at 19:16 GMT

Horsemeat scandal: France blames processor Spanghero

French meat processing company Spanghero knowingly sold horsemeat labelled as beef, the French government has said.

Spanghero's licence is being suspended while an inquiry continues, Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll said.

The firm has denied the allegations, saying it only ever dealt in meat it believed to be beef.

A widening scandal over mislabelled horsemeat has affected at least 12 European countries.

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1. Effin' greedy capitalists

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/14/french-firm-accused-horse-beef
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The scandal widened to Germany on Thursday with a retail chain discovering mislabelled horsemeat in frozen beef dinners, and the consumer affairs minister describing the debacle as a "unique" case of fraud underpinned by "high criminal energy".

EU governments are expected to agree on Friday to a month of DNA testing of beef and horsemeat, and to put the police agency Europol, based in The Hague, in charge of coordinating criminal inquiries. The French said the scandal had spread to 13 countries and 28 companies, involving a total of 750 tonnes of horsemeat.

All the signs were that what started as a frozen lasagne scandal is escalating into a pan-European consumer and possibly health debacle.

Fasen was sentenced to nine months a year ago after being found guilty of selling south American horse as 100% Dutch or German halal beef for two years. He is appealing against the verdict and has not been jailed.
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I read about an English company earlier today - what a mess.
Thankfully we don't eat red meat - haven't touched it since 1979..
People don't have a clue what they're eating.