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Horsemeat scandal: France blames processor Spanghero Horsemeat scandal: France blames processor Spanghero
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French meat processing company Spanghero sold meat labelled as beef despite knowing it could have been horsemeat, the French government has said. French meat processing company Spanghero knowingly sold horsemeat labelled as beef, the French government has said.
The company's license is being suspended while investigations continue, consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon said. Its licence is being suspended while investigations continue, agriculture minister Stephane Le Foll said.
Spanghero is part of a food supply chain that saw horsemeat sold as beef in at least 12 European countries. Spanghero has denied the allegations, saying it had only ever dealt in meat it believed to be beef.
Spanghero has denied the allegations. A widening scandal over mislabelled horsemeat has affected at least 12 European countries.
French consumer affairs minister Benoit Hamon said the meat left Romania clearly and correctly labelled as horse. It was afterwards that it was relabelled as beef.
There was "no reason to doubt the good faith" of the Romanian company that originally provided the meat, Mr Hamon added.