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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9579

15 January 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fraud
Convictions in adulterated butter case

Brussels, 14/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Magistrates Court in Créteil (France) has imposed suspended prison sentences on the managers of a dairy company found guilty of selling products manufactured using adulterated butter, the European Commission has announced in a press release. The defendants will also have to pay back over €23 million. The Créteil Court judgment is still subject to appeal; the principle of presumption of innocence still applies, therefore.

The judgment is the...

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