date:Apr 17, 2013
sed Spanghero, a French meat processor, of knowingly mislabeling horse meat as beef and selling it to large distributors in frozen meals. French authorities temporarily suspended Spanghero's operations in February before allowing the company to resume production of ground meat, sausage and other products. However, Spanghero's frozen meat storage operations remained closed. The company has denied the allegations of wrongdoing.
Germany carried out tests on 878 samples, and 29 returned positive r