https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French prosecutors have filed fraud charges against a Dutch businessman at the centre of the European health scandal last year that saw horsemeat labelled as beef and sold to consumers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140429/france-charges Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:43:00 +0200 france-charges The French government has given the green light for food aid charities to hand out thousands of recalled ready meals containing horsemeat to the country’s most needy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130228/france-permits-charities-to-handout-horsemeat-meals Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:07:00 +0100 france-permits-charities-to-handout-horsemeat-meals Pasta maker Panzani, a subsidiary of Spain's Ebro Foods, said on Tuesday it had found traces of horsemeat in ravioli made by a French supplier and that the products had been withdrawn in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130226/horsemeat-found-in-french-made-pasta Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:31:00 +0100 horsemeat-found-in-french-made-pasta The CEO of Spanghero, the French firm at the centre of the horsemeat scandal in France came out fighting on Friday, denying his company was at fault. He insisted “the scam was carried out elsewhere”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130215/spanghero-chief-denies-blame-for-horsemeat-scam Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:40:00 +0100 spanghero-chief-denies-blame-for-horsemeat-scam France's government accused the French company Spanghero on Thursday of knowingly selling horsemeat under the label of beef. The allegations follow the results of an investigation into the horsemeat scandal by government officials. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130214/french-firm-knowingly-sold-horsemeat-as-beef Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:41:00 +0100 french-firm-knowingly-sold-horsemeat-as-beef A major French frozen food retailer said Tuesday it had found horsemeat in two lots of frozen beef lasagne meals it removed from its shelves last week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130212/french-store-finds-horsemeat-in-beef-lasagne Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:11:00 +0100 french-store-finds-horsemeat-in-beef-lasagne The European Commission said Monday that Europe's horsemeat scandal appeared at this stage to be a labelling problem and definitely not a question of food safety. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130211/horsemeat-scandal-authorities-raid-french-firms Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:40:00 +0100 horsemeat-scandal-authorities-raid-french-firms