Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>
> On 2014-04-23 22:22:53 +0000, Pete C. said:
>
> > So ultimately the issue was one of mislabeling / mixing / substitution
> > of cheaper horse meat for more expensive cow meat.
>
> Snipped the BS. That's enough right there to put me off a company for good.
>
> They were *caught* doing this, which makes one wonder what other stunts
> they pulled which were not detected. I don't care if Ikea was serving
> tainted meat on Mars, any incident like this is a warning. I also know
> that ultimately the blame was placed on a number of unscrupulous
> intermediaries and processors, but one wonders - what was Ikea doing
> dealing with such low-grade, dishonest vendors?
>
> Sorry. You enjoy your possibly tainted and / or adulterated food
> products. I won't be partaking. If I need swedish meatballs I will
> make them myself, with meat that I know is not tainted and / or
> adulterated.

Wow, still more fail.

Ikea was not "caught" doing anything wrong, they were victims of some
meat wholesaler that mislabeled and substituted the horse meat that they
sold to a food product producer that in turn produced meatballs for Ikea
in Europe along with producing many other prepared foods for the EU
market.