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French arrest eight from horsemeat scandal firm

Eight managers from former French firm Spanghero, which was at the heart of a European food scandal that saw horsemeat mislabelled as beef, were arrested Tuesday, police said.

10.09.2013

(AFP) Eight managers from former French firm Spanghero, which was at the heart of a European food scandal that saw horsemeat mislabelled as beef, were arrested Tuesday, police said.

They were being held in custody and would be grilled by investigators from the police department charged with looking into breaches of public health and environmental violations.