https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed What's in a Swedish meatball? That's what the European Parliament wants to find out. A resolution signed off on in Strasbourg on Wednesday has moved to see stricter labelling of processed meat. https://www.thelocal.se/20150211/swedish-meatballs-could-see-stricter-food-labels Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:59:00 +0100 swedish-meatballs-could-see-stricter-food-labels Swedish furniture giant Ikea is planning to put vegetarian meatballs on the menu in an attempt to cut down on its carbon footprint, the company has announced. https://www.thelocal.se/20140420/ikea-to-introduce-green-vegetarian-meatballs Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:28:00 +0200 ikea-to-introduce-green-vegetarian-meatballs Despite the furor following revelations of horsemeat in ready-made meals in Sweden, Swedish food producers have abandoned their pursuit to bring their subcontractors to justice. https://www.thelocal.se/20130715/49056 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:02:00 +0200 49056 Slovenia's National Veterinary Institute has cleared a local food producer of accusations that its halal-labelled salami contained pork, as Swedish authorities had claimed, and the food producers behind the sausage claim innocence, too. https://www.thelocal.se/20130420/47452 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0200 47452 Furniture giant Ikea said Tuesday it was looking at selling or giving away meatballs in its home country of Sweden that were recalled after tests showed they contained traces of horse DNA. https://www.thelocal.se/20130416/47368 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:14:00 +0200 47368 Sweden's food safety regulator said on Monday it had asked prosecutors to investigate a company believed to have labelled Polish horsemeat as Swedish beef tenderloin. https://www.thelocal.se/20130409/47220 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:18:00 +0200 47220 Swedish furniture giant Ikea halted sales of elkmeat lasagnes across all its European stores after a batch tested positive for pork in a Belgian lab. https://www.thelocal.se/20130406/47168 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 11:42:00 +0200 47168 Swedish meatballs are once again being sold at Ikea, with the Swedish furniture giant promising customers its version of the classic Swedish dish is now free of horsemeat. https://www.thelocal.se/20130321/46852 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:11:00 +0100 46852 Several tonnes of frozen lasagne pulled from store shelves in Sweden because it contained horsemeat will be donated to Stockholm's homeless population by Swedish food retailer Axfood. https://www.thelocal.se/20130320/46824 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:24:00 +0100 46824 Swedish grocery chain Ica on Tuesday ordered a recall of two meat products over concerns they may contain horsemeat. https://www.thelocal.se/20130312/46692 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:53:00 +0100 46692 Swedish furniture giant Ikea has halted the sale of sausages in Russia and chocolate cakes in France and more than 20 other countries after finding the products contained horsemeat and faecal bacteria respectively. https://www.thelocal.se/20130307/46602 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:35:00 +0100 46602 Ikea's main Swedish meatball supplier announced on Monday that it had traced horse-tainted meat to another Sweden-based supplier with links to slaughterhouses in Poland. https://www.thelocal.se/20130304/46532 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:54:00 +0100 46532 Hot on the hooves of the Ikea meatball horsemeat hullabaloo, The Local's pick for Swede of the Week is Esprit, a four-legged 22-year-old with a disdain for donkeys who won't be appearing on a dinner plate any time soon. https://www.thelocal.se/20130228/46462 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:10:00 +0100 46462 Horsemeat contamination fears have prompted Swedish furniture giant Ikea to halt the sale of additional meat products after new tests by a Sweden-based meatball supplier confirmed horsemeat content. https://www.thelocal.se/20130227/46442 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:48:00 +0100 46442 Ikea's Sweden-based meatball supplier confirmed on Wednesday that it had found horsemeat in meatballs destines for sale in outlets of the Swedish furniture retailing giant. https://www.thelocal.se/20130227/46434 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:39:00 +0100 46434 Ikea's Sweden-based meatball supplier on Tuesday claimed its own tests failed to reveal any horsemeat in its Swedish meatballs as Ikea widened its meatball ban to 24 countries following reports the iconic food contained horsemeat. https://www.thelocal.se/20130226/46414 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:39:00 +0100 46414 While the discovery of horsemeat in Ikea's Swedish meatballs may put consumers off the iconic staple of everyman Swedish cuisine, it's unlikely to do any long term damage to Ikea's or Sweden's brand. https://www.thelocal.se/20130225/46400 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:50:00 +0100 46400 Ikea has stopped sales of its Swedish meatballs in at least 15 countries after reports that Czech inspectors found horsemeat in the iconic in-store restaurant fare, which would mark the first time the scandal has reached food produced in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20130225/46388 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:44:00 +0100 46388 Lidl has pulled two types of ready-made meals from the shelves of its Swedish stores amid fears they could contain horsemeat, the company said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130218/46262 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:04:00 +0100 46262 Horsemeat-hit Swedish supermarket chain Ica has recalled so many ready-made meals that its overstuffed warehouse in southern Sweden has started sending excess food to be recycled into biogas. https://www.thelocal.se/20130215/46222 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:59:00 +0100 46222