Two businessmen in France charged with the "Case of horse meat"

Two of the leaders of the company "Spangero", which happened in the center of controversy for the sale of horse meat as beef, on Friday in France have been charged with forgery and fraud, told Reuters.

As the agency "Reuters" , these persons , according to investigators , have contributed to a conscious deception of consumers through product substitution and trademark , which posed a threat to human and animal health . In addition, according to the investigation , the actions of these individuals violated the norms of health and certified control taken in France and the European Union. One of the accused is placed under arrest according to the indictment . The fate of another manager , women are still not resolved. The prosecutor asked to leave her in custody.

Eight employees ' Spangero "were arrested Tuesday in the Languedoc- Roussillon in the investigation of the scandal rocked Europe . Six of these managers were released on Thursday without charges against them.

judicial investigation into the horse meat was opened in March of this year under a "simple fraud and deceit in aggravated circumstances, using a counterfeit product." In the office of seized more than 1.5 thousand documents. July 5 to the decision of her former boss and owner Laurent Spangero company changed its name .

Company " Spangero " about six months received from Romanian meat that all customs declarations passed as a " horse meat ." However, from the warehouses of the company in France for processing into semi-finished meat is already held as " beef ." The investigation suggests that " Spangero " reworked into " beef " of more than 750 tonnes of horse meat . Semi-finished products supplied about 30 companies trading in almost all EU countries.