Have you eaten at IKEA?
Jan 15, 2011 | 4:13 pm
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Feb 25, 2013 | 9:57 am
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...,2171383.story
Inspectors find horsemeat in IKEA meatballs
Ikea stopping sales of its meatballs in Sweden and Italy, report says
Reuters
8:24 a.m. CST, February 25, 2013
Sweden's IKEA halted sales of its trademark Swedish meatballs in 13 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic on Monday showed the product contained horsemeat.
IKEA, the world's No. 1 furniture retailer and known also for its signature cafeterias in its huge out-of-town stores, said it had stopped sales of all meatballs from a batch implicated in the Czech tests.
Inspectors find horsemeat in IKEA meatballs
Ikea stopping sales of its meatballs in Sweden and Italy, report says
Reuters
8:24 a.m. CST, February 25, 2013
Sweden's IKEA halted sales of its trademark Swedish meatballs in 13 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic on Monday showed the product contained horsemeat.
IKEA, the world's No. 1 furniture retailer and known also for its signature cafeterias in its huge out-of-town stores, said it had stopped sales of all meatballs from a batch implicated in the Czech tests.
Feb 25, 2013 | 11:30 am
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...,2171383.story
Inspectors find horsemeat in IKEA meatballs
Ikea stopping sales of its meatballs in Sweden and Italy, report says
Reuters
8:24 a.m. CST, February 25, 2013
Sweden's IKEA halted sales of its trademark Swedish meatballs in 13 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic on Monday showed the product contained horsemeat.
IKEA, the world's No. 1 furniture retailer and known also for its signature cafeterias in its huge out-of-town stores, said it had stopped sales of all meatballs from a batch implicated in the Czech tests.
Inspectors find horsemeat in IKEA meatballs
Ikea stopping sales of its meatballs in Sweden and Italy, report says
Reuters
8:24 a.m. CST, February 25, 2013
Sweden's IKEA halted sales of its trademark Swedish meatballs in 13 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic on Monday showed the product contained horsemeat.
IKEA, the world's No. 1 furniture retailer and known also for its signature cafeterias in its huge out-of-town stores, said it had stopped sales of all meatballs from a batch implicated in the Czech tests.
Well there you go, us Swedes like to put a little surprise in our meatballs...
Can't help wondering how long this has been going on. I usually eat the meatballs when my SO drags me there to shop and really like them, the only good part of the hell that is saturday at Ikea.
Then of course, there's nothing wrong with horse meat as such, but it would be nice to know what animal I'm actually eating.
Feb 25, 2013 | 1:45 pm
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If the meatballs taste so yummy with horse meat in them - add more horse. They are delicious.
I do agree with KurtOlsson as it would be nice to know there was horse in there. And had I known that from the beginning I may not have tried them so many years ago. But the news at this point won't deter me.
I do agree with KurtOlsson as it would be nice to know there was horse in there. And had I known that from the beginning I may not have tried them so many years ago. But the news at this point won't deter me.
Feb 25, 2013 | 4:06 pm
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If the meatballs taste so yummy with horse meat in them - add more horse. They are delicious.
I do agree with KurtOlsson as it would be nice to know there was horse in there. And had I known that from the beginning I may not have tried them so many years ago. But the news at this point won't deter me.
I do agree with KurtOlsson as it would be nice to know there was horse in there. And had I known that from the beginning I may not have tried them so many years ago. But the news at this point won't deter me.
Feb 25, 2013 | 4:53 pm
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I enjoy them a lot too. And when my wife drags me to that awful place (as a Swede, I apologize for bringing IKEA to you) this weekend I can't even have my meatballs... Horse is fine with me, just give me my IKEA meatballs.
Feb 25, 2013 | 4:58 pm
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BTW, is there an IKEA in Vancouver? Might be going to YVR later this year, first time to Canada, and I hadn't realized the Swedish boxed furniture empire had expanded that far west...
Feb 25, 2013 | 6:57 pm
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They were a staple for me in Shenzhen (China) when I needed my salad. There are Western restaurants in that metropolis, but IKEA was closest to my abode, and offered up some tasty hazelnut chocolate bars too.
The best meatballs I had in Sweden were at the 7-11 at ARN, though...
The best meatballs I had in Sweden were at the 7-11 at ARN, though...
Feb 25, 2013 | 7:18 pm
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The problem is this horse meat that is the issue all over Europe was never meant for the food chain. It for example contains high amounts of phenylbutazone, which should not be in food humans are going to eat. Any many other drugs.