25 February 2013

No thanks

Karl Ritter has a disturbing AP article about Ikea:
Swedish furniture giant Ikea was drawn into Europe's widening food labeling scandal, as authorities said they had detected horse meat in frozen meatballs labeled as beef and pork and sold in thirteen countries.
The Czech State Veterinary Administration said that horse meat was found in one-kilogram packs of frozen meatballs made in Sweden and shipped to the Czech Republic for sale in Ikea stores there. A total of 760 kilograms of the meatballs were stopped from reaching shelves.
Ikea spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson said meatballs from the same batch had gone out to Slovakia, Hungary, France, Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, and Ireland. Magnusson said meatballs from that batch were taken off the shelves in Ikea stores in all those countries. Other shipments of meatballs were not affected, she added.
However, the company's Swedish branch announced on its Facebook page that it won't sell or serve any meatballs at its stores in Sweden out of concern for "potential worries among our customers". Magnusson said Ikea saw no reason to extend that guidance globally. She said Ikea was conducting its own tests of the affected batch. She also said that, two weeks ago, Ikea tested a range of frozen food products, including meatballs, and found no traces of horse meat.
Rico says that's the last time he buys food from non-traditional sources...

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