The Local Sweden

Food agency warns girls: 'Don't eat stinky fish'

Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:27:00 +0200

Young women and girls should stay away from herring, the Swedish National Food Agency has warned, as both the fermented and fresh varieties can harm fetuses and infants.

Banned substance found in Swedish candy bars

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:01:00 +0200

The makers of Sweden's Kexchoklad chocolate bars have halted production of the popular treat after a substance banned by the EU for use in food production was found at a Swedish factory.

Lead and arsenic found in baby food

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:42:00 +0100

Products by Nestlé, Semper, Hipp and EnaGo contain lead, arsenic and cadmium, according to Swedish research company Testfakta, which has tested 14 kinds of porridges.

Stockholm schools in butter ban backlash

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:09:00 +0200

After thousands of children, parents, teachers and principals across Stockholm have expressed their outrage against the capital’s butter ban in schools, the city administration has decided to bring the spread back.

Warning over dyed pork sold as beef in Sweden

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:11:00 +0200

Several tonnes of pork tenderloin has been dyed and sold as beef tenderloin to Swedish grocery wholesalers, prompting Sweden's National Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) to issue an EU-wide warning.

Swedish shops 're-label and sell' old food: report

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:40:00 +0200

Swedish supermarkets regularly re-label old food and put it back on store shelves, fooling their unsuspecting customers, with sometimes serious consequences, according to a report by newspaper Aftonbladet.

Sweden may be heading for trans fat ban

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:26:00 +0200

Sweden may be moving towards a law limiting industrially produced trans fats in food products, following the lead of several other EU countries.

Suspected EHEC seeds tracked to Sweden

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:59:00 +0200

A consignment of fenugreek seeds, from the batch believed to be the source of the EHEC infection in Germany and France, has been tracked to Sweden, according to the Swedish National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket).

Sweden in sprouts recall after new EHEC scare

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:58:00 +0200

Swedish grocers stepped up a nationwide recall of raw sprouts after new reports that a Swedish man had been infected with the same deadly E. coli bacteria strain that has claimed dozens of lives across Europe.

Swedish Easter eggs contain slaughter waste

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:24:00 +0200

If gelatin from pigs and crushed insects does not sound appetizing to you, you may want to limit the amount of candy you eat this Easter.

Sweden vows to fight EU over smelly fish

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:59:00 +0200

Sweden’s most malodorous delicacy will continue to stink up households across Sweden if the government gets its way in the EU.

Agency tells Swedes to 'stop throwing food away'

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:45:00 +0100

Swedes cause “completely unnecessary” damage to the environment by throwing away more than one kilo of fully edible foodstuffs per person each week, the National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket) has revealed.

Baby food can contain arsenic: Swedish study

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:57:00 +0100

Certain types of baby food may contain elevated levels of manganese, arsenic, and cadmium, a new Swedish study shows.

Warning over lead in coffee vending machines

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:18:00 +0100

Lead levels up to ten times above recommended levels have been found in the water from coffee vending machines in Sweden.

Court bans sale of energy drink Cocaine

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:08:00 +0100

The planned launch of a new energy drink called Cocaine has been halted by a court ruling before the product had a chance to hit the shelves in Sweden.

Swedes struggle to make sense of a new diet trend

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:20:00 +0200

A new diet has surfaced in Sweden recently, the Low-Carb High Fat diet (LCHF), but experts remain divided over the new method for trimming one’s waistline, The Local’s Caroline Gravel discovered.

Poison pies sold in Sweden

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:02:00 +0200

A batch of Chinese-made chocolate pies which likely contained the poisonous chemical melamin was delivered to a wholesaler in Stockholm.

Coffee machine milk 'like washing powder'

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:54:00 +0200

The milk used in many of Sweden's coffee vending-machine's constitutes false marketing and could be used to wash your clothes, a consumer association claims.