När franska hästägare hittade någon person villig att ta hand om deras kompanjon dess sista dagar så visade det sig att hästen istället skickades till Belgien, fick falsk ID, skickades tillbaka till Frankrike, slaktades och hästköttet som bedömdes otjänligt som människoföda spreds över EU. Försvarsadvokaten argumenterar att ingen som konsumerat köttet har dött! EU-reglerna är "ofattbart komplicerade", säger advokaten.
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Eight of the accused have been in custody since 2015 after European police smashed the continent-wide network.
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“Seeing me in tears, the man comforted me and assured me that my horse would be well cared for and that I could come and see him whenever I wanted.
... when I called him back to ask for his name and address, his phone was on voicemail and then the line was disconnected.
she discovered the horse had been sent to an abattoir [slakthus].
Nine years on, 18 people, including two veterinarians, are appearing in court in Marseille on Monday accused of involvement in a vast illegal trafficking network across Europe that allegedly supplied horsemeat unfit for human consumption to wholesalers and butchers.
“I learned after lengthy research that my horse had been killed when he had been given insecticide, worming and anti-inflammatory treatments that would have made him totally unfit for eating,” she told French journalists. “I have been profoundly hurt. I had this horse for 20 years and he was part of the family.”
Lionel Febbraro, a lawyer for one of the veterinarians, blamed confusion over “incredibly complex” European rules for his client’s involvement. “Even if I admit it can’t be pleasant to learn that your horse has ended up at the abattoir, a priori, nobody died poisoned,” he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e-duped-owners
