The Local Sweden 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 Meat consumption in Sweden drops by record amount Swedes are eating less meat and shifting towards consuming meat produced locally, according to new figures. https://www.thelocal.se/20180302/meat-consumption-in-sweden-drops-by-record-amount Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:13:42 +0100 meat-consumption-in-sweden-drops-by-record-amount Swedish food giant vows action over Danish pigs UPDATED: Swedish supermarket giant Ica has promised action after it emerged that hundreds of thousands of underweight piglets are killed every year in Denmark by banging their heads against the floor. https://www.thelocal.se/20150223/swedish-anger-over-baby-piglets-killed-in-denmark Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:13:00 +0100 swedish-anger-over-baby-piglets-killed-in-denmark Pork containing MRSA found in Swedish stores A random sampling of Danish and German pork sold in Stockholm supermarkets has revealed the presence of the resistant MRSA bacteria. https://www.thelocal.se/20141113/pork-containing-mrsa-found-in-swedish-stores Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:31:00 +0100 pork-containing-mrsa-found-in-swedish-stores One third of Malmö kebabs contain pork: report Kebab vendors in Malmö were shocked to learn there was as much as 18 percent pork in the meat they were selling. https://www.thelocal.se/20130424/47520 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:25:00 +0200 47520 Halal salami 'pork free': Slovenian authorities 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 Swedish halal sausages laced with pork Sweden has found halal-marked salami for sale that contains more than 10 percent pork, which observant Muslims do not eat. https://www.thelocal.se/20130410/47260 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:30:00 +0200 47260 Swedes eat 70 tonnes of fake beef Nearly 70 out of the 100 tonnes of pork fillets that were dyed and labelled as beef tenderloin have ended up in Swedes' stomachs. https://www.thelocal.se/20130105/45440 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:58:00 +0100 45440 Dyed pork scandal sinks Swedes' trust in meat Only half of Swedes trust the meat industry following recent revelations that pork was dyed red and sold as beef to hundreds of thousands of people. https://www.thelocal.se/20121123/44602 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:55:00 +0100 44602 Warning over dyed pork sold as beef in Sweden 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. https://www.thelocal.se/20121016/43840 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:11:00 +0200 43840 Salmonella scare causes major meat recall Food giant Axfood AB has been forced to recall two tonnes of pork, following test samples showing salmonella bacteria present in the meat. https://www.thelocal.se/20120729/42292 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:36:00 +0200 42292 Tainted Irish meat delivered to Swedish schools Less than a day after authorities warned consumers in Sweden to avoid pork products from Ireland due to the possible presence of dioxin, it has emerged that Swedish school children may have already eaten some of the tainted meat. https://www.thelocal.se/20081209/16234 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:49:00 +0100 16234