French officials said they were temporarily suspending the license of Spanghero SAS, a unit of French company Poujol.

WSJ: U.K. Arrests Men in Horse-Meat Probe

Poujol supplied the meat to a Luxembourg factory owned by French group Comigel.

BBC: Horsemeat scandal: France summons meat industry chiefs

An initial investigation by French officials revealed that French firm Poujol bought the frozen meat from a Cypriot trader, France's Junior Minister for Consumer Goods, Benoit Hamon, said in a statement on Sunday.

BBC: Horsemeat scandal: France summons meat industry chiefs