Several brands of lasagna are removed in France for horse meat

Lots of brands like lasagna Picard Systeme U Carrefour or have been withdrawn from sale in France about the possibility of containing horse meat instead of beef officially announced, as with those of Findus, since in all cases produced the same provider in Luxembourg. The radio station Europe 1explains on its website that the French group elaborated Comigel lasagne for Findus, Picard,Carrefour and Systeme U and there are suspicions that the meat supply circuit is the same that it originated in a slaughterhouse from which came the Romanian horsemeat , then sold as veal. A representative of Picard confirmed in statements to that station that the recall affects two lots of lasagne 'Formule Express' because their demands with suppliers are "very strict: the meat should be 100% beef." He said analysis being made ​​to check compliance with that rule. The scandal initially jumped in the UK, where the consumption of horse meat is frowned upon, but has spread to several European countries.In France the government conducts research through its anti-fraud services, while several companies have announced complaints involved as victims of fraud. The Romanian horsemeat detected in ready meals Findus brand that officially were prepared with veal had been negotiated by merchants in Cyprus and the Netherlands before being acquired by a company in the south of France and prepared by another in Luxembourg. This is the circuit complex elucidated by French anti-fraud services, according to the French Minister of Consumer Affairs, Benoît Hamon, who in a statement said that it illustrates that the operation had primacy "financial logic" that generated "more than 300,000 euros" The first results of the research carried out in France have established that the French group wasPoujol , associated with the mark Spanghero, located in Castelnaudary (southwest France), which provided meat plant detected that Tavola Luxembourg has Comigel French society. Poujol had acquired the frozen meat through a Cypriot businessman , who in turn had subcontracted the task to another dealer located in Holland who had resorted to a slaughterhouse in Romania where the horse was sold as veal.