Imagine finding human faeces in cup cakes sold by Ikea and they stay in the bloody food business as well as being knee deep in the horse meat debacle they should be banned from selling food, full stop.

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Shortly after Swedish furniture seller Ikea found itself, shall we say, saddle-deep in a saucy mess that featured racier red meat in its Swedish meatballs than you'd normally get from the average European cow, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to its controversial Country of Origin Labeling, or COOL, law for American meat.

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Shortly after Swedish furniture seller Ikea found itself, shall we say, saddle-deep in a saucy mess that featured racier red meat in its Swedish meatballs than you'd normally get from the average European cow, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to its controversial Country of Origin Labeling, or COOL, law for American meat.

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Swedish furniture giant IKEA said Thursday it is halting hotdog sales in its Russian stores after finding horse meat in a locally-produced shipment of the fast food.

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While we may shrug and joke about it on the internet when someone tells us there’s horse in our lasagne and meatballs, the newest food scandal is a bit more horrifying — bacteria normally found in human and other animal poo has popped up in Ikea cakes.

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IKEA has recalled thousands of cakes from its stores in 23 countries after Chinese authorities identified high levels of bacteria normally found in human and animal waste.

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Ikea has recalled thousands of cakes from its stores in 23 countries after Chinese authorities identified high levels of bacteria normally found in human and animal waste.

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IKEA on Monday became the latest company to be drawn into Europe's snowballing horse-meat scandal, as the Swedish furniture giant said it has recalled a batch of meatballs that had been distributed to 13 European countries.

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Swedish furniture giant Ikea became entangled in Europe’s widening meat scandal Monday, forced to withdraw meatballs from stores across Europe amid suspicions that they contained horse meat.

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In order to reduce greenhouse gases and to sustain the environment Swedish agricultural authorities are suggesting a tax to tame the appetite for meat.

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Sweden’s board of agriculture is recommending a tax aimed at reducing meat consumption, according to news reports.

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Frozen-food company Findus is recalling beef lasagna meals in Sweden after tests confirmed the products contained horsemeat.

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The Swedish Agricultural Board (Jordbruksverket) on Tuesday proposed a tax as a counterweight to Swedes' increasing proclivity for meat, much of it imported, which it argued puts a strain on the environment.

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HKScan updated its strategy and its management and operating model last eyar and in line with this strategy, and to develop the productivity and profitability of the business, the ways of working will be harmonised and the group structure will be made more compact in all the company’s home markets.

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Pork cuts imported into Sweden were dyed to look like beef, according to UPI.com

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In Sweden, nearly 70 tonnes of pork fillets have been labelled and sold as beef.

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A new Government scheme hoping to improve farmer/restaurant links is being drawn to a close with 23 potential candidates being selected at Gothenburg.

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Marel has been welcoming visitors from all over the world to its stand (SO2:25) at Scanpack in Gothenburg this week, 23 to 26 October 2012. Marel’s stand – Från råvara til färdig produkt (Processing know-how from source to shelf) – looks great and stands out with its special focus on the M-Check RF 8 Checkweigher and I-Cut 10 PortionCutter.

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Pork meat has been sold as beef to grocery wholesalers in Sweden, resulting in an EU-wide warning being issued.

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As part of the extensive group development programme, launched in the spring and to be carried out until the end of 2013, HKScan will continue to improve operating efficiency in Sweden and Denmark.

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Swedish scientists at the annual world water conference in Stockholm recently predicted vegetarian diets would become the norm for everyone by 2050.

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Swedish-listed agricultural company Trigon Agri A/S (TAGR.SK) is holding on to much of its output in hopes that crop prices will continue to rise in the wake of the worst U.S. drought in more than half a century.

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The plan now published aims to achieve an annual performance improvement of approximately €10 million.

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Axfood AB, has been forced to recall two tonnes of pork, following test samples showing salmonella bacteria present in the meat.

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Sweden may ban the surgical castration of piglets without anesthesia as from 2016.

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The Swedish National Food Agency has put forward proposals that there should be no more than two per cent industrially produced trans fat in the total fat content of foods on the Swedish market.

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Finnish meat processor HKScan’s net sales for the quarter January-March 2012 reached €606.1 million compared to €592.7 million in the corresponding quarter of 2011, a growth of 2.3 per cent.

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Atria is to centralise production of meat products in Sweden in a programme focussing on improving the profitability of Atria Scandinavias.

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A group of Aviagen SweChick customers enjoyed a customer meeting at the home of the Ross brand as part of an initiative to develop a mutually beneficial customer network in Scandinavia.

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Atria intends to invest in new production equipment at its Malmö plant.

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The Foundation of Agricultural Research, which is behind the funding, reports that the findings can be used to provide a higher and more consistent quality of Swedish beef.

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Link between eating processed meat and pancreatic cancer in Swedish research is a bogus claim orchestrated by the animal rights movement. Where are Bpex in defendening our industry having wasted millions on a national sausage week.

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The Foundation of Agricultural Research, which is behind the funding, reports that the findings can be used to provide a higher and more consistent quality of Swedish beef.

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The group says that 85 per cent of Swedes prefer to buy Swedish pork, an increase of six per cent from this time last year. When it comes to welfare rules and regulations 88 per cent of the public are confident that Swedish producers are performing well.

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Pork production in Sweden has come down in the first six months of 2011, to just over 125,000 metric tons – a year-on-year 0.7% decrease.

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19 cattle were found dead late last week. One animal was confirmed by laboratory tests (bacterological culture and PCR).

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In Sweden pig ears, along with tails and feet, fetch a low price and are often simply thrown away in the slaughter process. In China however the items are in high demand.

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Sweden has called for tougher European welfare legislation on long journeys, resting time and space allowances.

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Swedish retailer Axfood has welcomed Vi Retailers' Association's recommendation that its members sign individual chain agreements to join its Hemköp banner.

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A new press statement from the Swedish farmers’ union makes it clear that Swedish farmers do not want to castrate pigs. However, the same statement complains that calls by some politicians to ban castration without anaesthesia will derail the work that the pig industry, researchers and government agencies have done to investigate other options.

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"The figures show that meat consumption in Sweden has increased and that it is higher than ever," said Åsa Lannhard Öberg at the Board of Agriculture to Sveriges Radio's (SR) Ekot news programme.

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The Swedish Farmers’ Union (LRF) and the meat promotion agency, Swedish Meat, have agreed a way forward with the trade and retailers for the introduction of a Swedish label for processed meat products in 2011.

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Twenty percent of Swedish pig producers are expected to quit this year as a result of high feed costs and poor returns.

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The Swedish National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket) has discovered that a number of chickens have not been bled, and thus suspects that they may have been scalded and plucked alive.

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According to the Swedish Fa''rmers Federation (LRF), more than one-fifth of Swedish pig production will have disappeared before the end of the year.

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The Swedish Farmers Federation (LRF) has complained about the way in which its high animal welfare standards are hurting the domestic pig industry and could eventually hurt the beef industry.

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The authorities sent an Immediate Notification dated 4 February to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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If the land made available is used for bioenergy production, the decrease in emissions can be six times greater.

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Aviagen SweChick, Aviagen’s Swedish business unit, recently held a series of broiler roadshows for customers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Overall, the events were attended by over 130 representatives from all parts of the Scandinavian broiler industry.

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Aviagen SweChick, Aviagen’s Swedish business unit, recently held a series of broiler roadshows for customers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Overall, the events were attended by over 130 representatives from all parts of the Scandinavian broiler industry.

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Studies of heavy, fast-growing hens and small, slow-growing hens provide important new knowledge on the origin of the genetic variation that has enabled them to adapt rapidly to new extreme environments.

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Three years ago, cooked meats specialists, Broderna Nilsson of Gothenburg, Sweden, invested in an Marel PolyLine to help them meet the increasing demand for their wide range of high quality beef, turkey, chicken and ham products. At that time we reported that the challenging economic climate was benefiting Nilsson as increasing numbers of consumers spent more on eating at home.

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Aviagen has reached an agreement to purchase its Swedish distributor, Lantmännen SweChick AB. The company will be renamed Aviagen SweChick AB and will continue to supply Ross Parent Stock to customers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.

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Qibbla Halal is riding the wave of the fast-expanding market for halal products. In a new factory in central Sweden, halal slaughtered meat products are rapidly deep-frozen, and food-handling regulations are strictly adhered to.

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Drawing quite a lot of media attention, the Swedish prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, dropped by the facility in southern Sweden to hear more about the company's apprenticeship programme which has been devised in collaboration with the Municipality of Trelleborg to help young people find a job and also to contribute to attracting qualified labour to the slaughterhouse. The apprenticeship programme is targeted at unemployed young people aged between 18 and 30. So far, two groups have completed the programme with 8 out of 12 subsequently being offered permanent employment by Ugglarps Slakteri.

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For the first time MRSA has been found in samples from pigs in Sweden . The bacterium was isolated at the National Veterinary Institute in a sample taken from the snout to the slaughter .

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Sweden is the only country in Europe banning kosher and halal slaughter. The Swedish Christian community should show tolerance to Jews and Muslims and demand to abolish the ban, say four representatives of Christian Sweden.

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Mr Erlandsson reacted after learning that a Danish producer part-owned by Swedish meat producer Scan makes pig feed that contains pig blood, among other ingredients, according to Sweden's The Local. "It is ethically objectionable to eat one's own species," he said.

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Julia Österberg and colleagues at the National Veterinary Institute in Uppsala have studied the direct and indirect transmission of four Salmonella enterica serotypes in pigs, publishing their paper in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. Feed-borne spread of Salmonella spp. to pigs has been documented several times in recent years in Sweden, they explain. Experiences from the field suggest that feed-associated serotypes might be less transmissible and subsequently easier to eradicate from pig herds than other serotypes more commonly associated to pigs.

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According to Polish FAMMU/ FAPA, the demand for meat in Sweden is steadily growing, as well as for imports. Problems in the Swedish meat industry are currently observed in most segments from pork to poultry. According to some analysts, if the current trends continue, next year meat imports in Sweden could overtake the level of domestic production.

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