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Furniture store IKEA has pulled a batch of beef and pork meatballs from its shelves in the Czech Republic and other European countries after the products tested positive for horse meat. The Czech Republic State Veterinary Administration reported its findings to EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed. The contaminated batch of meatballs had been on sale in the Czech Republic, Britain, Portugal, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Ireland, according to company spokesperson Ylva Magnusson. IKEA’s meatballs are produced by Swedish supplier Familjen Dafgard, who acknowledged the situation and said an investigation was underway. Mislabeled horse meat has turned up in around a dozen European countries since January.
The Food Defense Strategy Exchange (FDSE) is a forum for food defense professionals to interact and share their knowledge and experiences. At the most recent FDSE, a poll of attendees revealed that approximately two-thirds were either re-evaluating their existing food defense plan, or implementing new food defense plans. In this podcast, Don Hsieh, Director of Commercial and Industrial Marketing at Tyco Integrated Security, discusses this topic and other findings from the exchange, and offers some best practices to proactively protect a company’s brand from food adulteration.
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