Horsemeat found in Ikea meatballs (From Daily Echo)
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Horsemeat found in Ikea meatballs
12:04pm Monday 25th February 2013 in Health
Ikea in Southampton
Furniture giant Ikea has stopped selling traditional meatballs in its Swedish store restaurants after horsemeat was discovered in a batch exported to the Czech Republic.
The company, which has a store in Southampton, said the move was out of concern for ''potential worries among our customers'', adding its own controls had not shown any traces of horse.
It was not clear if Ikea would also stop selling meatballs in other countries The horse meatballs were labelled as beef and pork and were in one-kilo frozen packs sent to the Czech Republic for sale in Ikea stores there.
A total of 760 kilos (1,675lbs ) of the meatballs were stopped from reaching the shelves.
Ikea's furniture stores feature restaurants and also sell typical Swedish food, including the Kottbullar meatballs.
The Czechs also found horsemeat in beef burgers imported from Poland during random tests of food products.
Meanwhile EU agriculture ministers met in Brussels to discuss the widening scandal's fallout, with some member states pressing for tougher rules to regain consumer confidence.
They must agree on binding origin disclosures for food product ingredients, starting with a better labelling of meat products, German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner said.
''Consumers have every right to the greatest-possible transparency,'' she insisted.
She backs the German initiative; but others like Ireland say existing rules are sufficient although Europe-wide controls must be strengthened to address the problem of fraudulent labelling.
The scandal has created a split between nations like Britain who see further rules as a protectionist hindrance of free trade under the bloc's single market, and those calling for tougher regulation.
Comments(31)
bernard7
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12:17pm Mon 25 Feb 13
jade25
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12:25pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Reality-man
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12:30pm Mon 25 Feb 13
bernard7 wrote:And they've not given you the trotts?
I eat them all the time, they are very nice so continue with the horse meat recipe, just making us aware that it is in them would have been nice.
bernard7
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12:43pm Mon 25 Feb 13
lambo83
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1:06pm Mon 25 Feb 13
soton-mike80
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1:19pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Now knowing the far reaching implications of the 'horsemeat scandal' we have all probably been eating it for years! Is anyone worst off for it? probably not!
localnews
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1:39pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Big Mac
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1:46pm Mon 25 Feb 13
lambo83
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1:53pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Subject48
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2:31pm Mon 25 Feb 13
save your breath. Pc animal loving brigade is up in strength.
If Its not human= means it must be food.
Dogs **** are a delicacy in korea I hear.
shirley-bill
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2:46pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Tenderhearts wife
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3:06pm Mon 25 Feb 13
bernard7
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3:34pm Mon 25 Feb 13
1. It's a lot cheaper
2. I like horsemeat
3. I can easily avoid pretentious tw@ts who think they are better than everyone else just because they are lucky enough to be able to afford to eat at john lewis. Maybe, some people are not that lucky and are just happy with what they can afford.
irl99
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3:55pm Mon 25 Feb 13
bigfella777 wrote:You seem to forget the medicines that are pumped in to horses.bute is a very dangerous drug for humans. And if they knowingly label it beef. Knowing its horse. What else is in the "meat" don't be so naive.stop eating them.
I have never eaten them, I always go for the smoked salmon on rye bread with a bit of salad, but you do see people with plates piled up with them and of course chips with some hideous looking beige sauce on top.Why cant people make sensible food choices and then meatballs wouldn't even exist.
bernard7
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4:19pm Mon 25 Feb 13
As long as it's all edible meat and nothing too dangerous i am really not that fussed.
People get all funny when they find out sausages have pig's face meat or trotters in? Why? Are they worried we might all grow trotters? It's harmless just shut up and eat it.
rightway
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4:30pm Mon 25 Feb 13
The New Forest would be a great place to invest in horse farming, there are already a large number of free range ponies just waiting to be snapped up. It’s a win win situation, those flee bitten nags would no longer be a problem to law abiding motorists, the speed limit could be increased, the local economy would benefit and the people in the surrounding area would feel good about buying local produce.
Big Mac
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4:30pm Mon 25 Feb 13
bernard7 wrote:How does luck play a part? Unless of course you mean there are plenty of people who chose to eat there and they are 'lucky' to get a table as it's so popular?
I like to avoid john lewis and eat at ikea for the following reasons:
1. It's a lot cheaper
2. I like horsemeat
3. I can easily avoid pretentious tw@ts who think they are better than everyone else just because they are lucky enough to be able to afford to eat at john lewis. Maybe, some people are not that lucky and are just happy with what they can afford.
Get yourself another scratch card and you never know, one day you may be 'lucky' enough to dine at John Lewis.
bernard7
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5:10pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Perhaps my use of the word luck was in the wrong context there and i used it rather as a turn of phrase rather than to state it's exact meaning.
May i further point out the fact that i did not say that I could not afford to eat at john lewis; just that some people may not be able to and should not be judged based on there less pretentious choice of restaurant.
Immediately jumping to the conclusion that i like to buy scratch cards just sums up you as a person. I bet your just a really nice guy aren't you...
ohec
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5:17pm Mon 25 Feb 13
lambo83 wrote:No thats next week.
I don't care what anyone says, for me they're the dogs bolox.
Subject48
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5:43pm Mon 25 Feb 13
eurogordi
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7:27pm Mon 25 Feb 13
Have I eaten horse meat? Yes, in France if not more recently in Hampshire! Did it kill me? No. Has anyone else died from eating horse meat? Not that I'm aware of.
Let's sell the meat at reduced prices or at the very least give it to various charities. It doesn't bother me if I've eaten horse and it probably doesn't bother the majority of other people either.
miniminime
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10:29pm Mon 25 Feb 13
bigfella777 wrote:You've obviously not been to Sweden where meatballs and a polony style meat along with boiled potatoes are part of their staple diet!
I have never eaten them, I always go for the smoked salmon on rye bread with a bit of salad, but you do see people with plates piled up with them and of course chips with some hideous looking beige sauce on top.Why cant people make sensible food choices and then meatballs wouldn't even exist.
zuki12
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12:40am Tue 26 Feb 13
irl99
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7:37am Tue 26 Feb 13
Big Mac
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8:50am Tue 26 Feb 13
bernard7 wrote:Yes.
Did you just come back at me with a name like Big Mac. I can only guess what your preffered eatery is.
Perhaps my use of the word luck was in the wrong context there and i used it rather as a turn of phrase rather than to state it's exact meaning.
May i further point out the fact that i did not say that I could not afford to eat at john lewis; just that some people may not be able to and should not be judged based on there less pretentious choice of restaurant.
Immediately jumping to the conclusion that i like to buy scratch cards just sums up you as a person. I bet your just a really nice guy aren't you...
user12
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12:40pm Tue 26 Feb 13
Rob444
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1:52pm Tue 26 Feb 13
Just a matter of time before safe horse meat will be in demand by the general public, as it's supposed to be cheaper and healthier than cow meat.
OSPREYSAINT
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8:43pm Tue 26 Feb 13
SPIKEISLANDTRADER
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10:29pm Tue 26 Feb 13
wake up
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10:50pm Tue 26 Feb 13
OSPREYSAINT wrote:yeh a horse called ikeameatball 3.35 at
They will be saying that they found some decent wood in their furniture next!
GOODWOOD
bigfella777 says...
12:15pm Mon 25 Feb 13