In 2008, Pierre Hinard, then quality manager at Castel Viandes, informed the veterinary services in December 2008 that the group was practicing “repackage” The same afternoon, he was summoned by his management and laid off, before being the subject of dismissal proceedings a few days later for "professional insufficiency" “It’s the end of impunity” for industrialists, Mr. Hinard told AFP.
“I just did my job, I should have been supported,” he added. The company is “appealing to the Supreme Court”, its lawyer, Me Marie-Pascale Vallais, informed AFP on Wednesday evening. The former environmentalist MEP had notably requested that her client benefit from the protection granted by law to whistleblowers, considering that he met all the criteria. Last February, during his appeal trial, he called for the recognition of whistleblowers. The decision was deliberated on Wednesday, April 10.