The company was owned by Perkins Foods Holdings Ltd of the United Kingdom from 1991, and then purchased by French-based private equity firm Céréa Capital and for a minority share by Unigrains in 2007.
[5] After the purchase of Atlantique Alimentaire in 2010, employing 240 and based in La Rochelle, group turnover reached 100 million euros, on production of 30,000 tons of food.
[7] In February 2013, it was reported that a lasagne product that Comigel produces in Luxembourg on behalf of Findus and Aldi for distribution in Great Britain, Ireland and Sweden,[8] was found to contain up to 100% horse meat instead of the 100% beef as declared in the list of ingredients, in 11 out of 18 samples in a Food Standards Agency check.
[citation needed] On 8 February 2013, Findus Sweden announced a recall of its 375g packs of ready-made lasagne (code 63957) and published a contact number for customers who wanted to return the products they had already purchased.
[citation needed] The BBC reported, on 11 February 2013, that supermarket chain Tesco had discovered the meat in some of its Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese was 60% horsemeat.