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“There are now two horsemeat affairs in Europe,” points out the Belgian daily, following the discovery of traces of phenylbutazone, an anti-inflammatory that is not approved for human consumption, in British horsemeat which had been exported to France — a development that has highlighted the failure of local authorities to conduct adequate checks.
In France, the Minister of Agriculture has withdrawn food safety certification from Spanghero, a company that knowingly sold horsemeat, which had arrived on its premises with correct customs labels, as beef.
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