Dive Summary:
- After Ikea's signature meatballs were found to contain horse meat, the Swedish home furnishings chain has filed a police report against a Swedish meat supplier accused of buying tainted meat from Polish slaughterhouses.
- Familjen Dafgard, one of the main producers of Ikea meatballs, announced it had traced the horse meat back to the Swedish supplier; according to Dafgard, the accused supplier forks out between 5% to 10% of Dafgard's beef.
- Ikea has since pulled three other meat products made by Dafgard – wiener sausages, stuffed cabbage and veal burgers.
From the article:
"... Agence France-Presse writes that Ola Larsson, a Dafgard spokesman, said the company '[doesn't] know where in the chain the crime has been committed.' The company has since handed over evidence to authorities and is working them to prevent future incidents.
Contaminated meatballs may have been sent to IKEA locations in Slovakia, Hungary, France, Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Ireland. ..."
