“We don’t tolerate any other ingredients than those on the label,” says Ikea spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson. A total of 760 kilograms of swedish meatballs were stopped before they hit the shelves in the Czech Republic and other countries around Europe due to the traces of horse meat found in the “beef and pork” product. Further tests are being done to verify the test results announced by the Czech authorities. It seems that 13 countries have been affected.

Ikea wasn’t the only one impacted by the contamination scandal. After deciding to be more stringent on food labelling, EU officials carrying out DNA tests on food found horse meat in a range of frozen supermarket meals imported from Poland, as well as a beef cannelloni product by one of the brands of Nestle. While Nestle is taking legal action against their supplier, it is unclear whether there will be any action taken against Ikea’s supplier, Gunnar Dafgard AB, a Swedish family-owned company. 

[via Toronto Star]