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The Spanghero meat processing firm is up for sale.
16/05/2013 - France

Future of horsemeat scandal company hangs in the balance

The administrators of Spanghero, the French meat processor at the heart of the recent horsemeat scandal in Europe, will announce on Friday whether a buyer has been found for the struggling ...

27/02/2013 - Report: France

French horsemeat sales up thanks to horse-for-beef scandal

You might have expected lasagnegate to have turned the French off horsemeat altogether. Far from it.

Horsemeat sales pick up in France in wake of lasagne scandal
27/02/2013 - On-the-spot France

Horsemeat sales pick up in France in wake of lasagne scandal

France now consumes less than 300g of horsemeat per person per year, a fifth of the amount 30 years ago, but the recent horsemeat-for-beef scandal has triggered a rise in sales for France’s ...

19/02/2013 - France - Europe

Work resumes at horsemeat scandal firm as Nestlé withdraws products in Italy, Spain

Work resumed at the French company at the centre of the horsemeat-for-beef scandal on Tuesday as Nestlé became the latest food company to withdraw ready-to-eat meals from supermarkets.

18/02/2013 - France - European Union

300 jobs at stake as French horsemeat scandal company's fate decided Monday

The fate of the company at the centre of the horsemeat-for-beef scandal will be decided on Monday, the French minister in charge of the food-processing industry has announced.

12/02/2013 - Analysis: Horse-for-beef scandal

Dobbingate - Why not eat horse?

British politicians blame an “international criminal conspiracy”, Romania’s prime minister angrily denies his country provided the horsemeat found in Findus burgers and the EU ...

09/02/2013 - France - United Kingdom - Sweden

Findus, French supplier to sue over horsemeat lasagne

French frozen food supplier Spanghero and Sweden’s Findus are to take legal action over horsemeat allegedly supplied by a Romanian company under the guise of beef.

09/07/2011 - Japan

Radioactive beef found around Fukushima nuclear plant

More than six times the legal limit of radioactive caesium has been found in beef from the area around Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

17/06/2011 - France

French E coli child victim in serious condition

One of the seven French children hospitalised with E coli was in a serious condition Friday, according to hospital sources.

16/06/2011 - France

Seven French children hospitalised with E coli

Sevenchildren have been hospitalised in northern France with E coli infections after eating meat that manufacturers said came from Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.

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