Dairy managers sentenced in fraud case

A MAGISTRATES court in Créteil in France has imposed suspended prison sentences on the managers of a dairy company found guilty of selling products manufactured using adulterated butter.

The defendants will also have to pay back more than €23 million.

The judgment is the result of an international investigation in which the European Anti-Fraud Office has played an active part.

The aim of the investigation was to uncover and prosecute offences involving the production and distribution of adulterated butter on the EU market.

EU Anti-Fraud Commissioner, Siim Kallas, said the judgment shows fraud with the EU Budget will not go unpunished.