We don't know for certain whether the company just mismanaged its crisis handling or forged ahead knowing that problems were coming.

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"It might contain traces of horsemeat, but we don't know for certain at the moment if this is the case, " said Esther Filon, a spokeswoman for the Dutch food authority.

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"While you may know certain people who work for the company already, you don't always know how they are perceived by their employer, " Lopeke says.

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