date:May 10, 2013
mpose fines equal to the financial gainsfrom proven cases of food fraud.
Member states, Reuters said,have been reluctant to agree to minimum financial sanctionsmandated by Brussels, but the Commission believes the horsemeatscandal could swing the debate.
Crime must not pay, but if the penalties are low it does pay,EU Consumer Commissioner Tonio Borg told a news conference May 6to present the plans. Penalties for the type of labeling fraudused in the horsemeat scandal vary from state to state.