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Ikea pulls elk lasagne after pork found
Swedish furniture giant Ikea said Saturday it had stopped selling its frozen elk lasagne after a batch was found to contain traces of pork. The company withdrew 17,600 lasagnes from sale and began performing its own tests after a Belgian laboratory said the minced elk meat contained just over one…
Ikea files suit against meatball supplier over horsemeat
The Swedish producer of the Ikea meatballs found to contain horsemeat said it filed a police report Monday against a Swedish supplier that bought the tainted meat from two Polish abattoirs. “We don’t know where in the chain the crime has been committed,” said Ola Larsson, a spokesman for Dafgaard,…
Horsemeat found in Ikea meatballs in 25 countries
The producer of the Ikea meatballs withdrawn from shelves in 25 countries has found horsemeat in its products, Sweden’s national food agency SLA said Wednesday. The agency was informed by Swedish company Dafgaard that its own tests had confirmed the presence of equine DNA, a spokeswoman for the agency said.…
IKEA: No horsemeat in meatballs in U.S.
Ikea said Monday there was no horsemeat in its popular meatballs sold in the United States, after the Swedish furniture giant withdrew possibly horsemeat-tainted meatballs from stores in Europe. “All meatballs sold in our Ikea US stores are sourced from a US supplier,” the company said in a statement, after…
Ikea stops serving meatballs in Europe after finding horse meat
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has withdrawn some of its company-branded meatballs in 14 European countries after horsemeat was found in the product by Czech authorities, the company said Monday. “We take this very seriously and have withdrawn one-kilo bags of frozen meatballs from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, France, Britain,…
Ikea monkey sent to live coatless in animal sanctuary
Darwin, the 5-month-old monkey who escaped from his crate and followed his owners into a Toronto Ikea store, is being sent to live at a private animal sanctuary. According to CBC News, Darwin was taken from his owners, who were fined for keeping a prohibited animal as a pet. The…
Stylish IKEA monkey triggers Internet meme frenzy
A stylishly-attired monkey became an instant Internet celebrity, and triggered an animal welfare investigation, when it was found wandering in a Canadian furniture store car park. The months-old rhesus macaque, named Darwin, spent the night at an animal shelter in Toronto after he was found wandering around an IKEA lot…
Monkey wearing coat and diapers found in Toronto Ikea parking lot
A monkey wearing a shearling coat and diapers was found wandering around an Ikea parking lot in Toronto, reported the CBC. The monkey’s owner, who was shopping at the home and furniture store, put the monkey in a crate inside her car, but it managed to escape. “It’s a smart…
IKEA ‘regrets’ use of forced labor in Cold War-era east Germany
Swedish furniture giant Ikea on Friday admitted that some of its suppliers used forced labour in former Communist East Germany and expressed “deep regret” that its controls were less strict at the time. Releasing a report into the use of forced labour in East Germany that came under fire even…
Ikea founder ‘too busy to die’
The 86-year-old founder of Swedish furniture giant Ikea revealed he has no plans to retire and rejected any idea of the company going public in an interview published in Switzerland. “The company will never go to the market,” Ingvar Kamprad told the latest edition of Swiss business magazine Bilanz. “We…
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