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Wiener sausages back for sale in IKEA

The sausages were removed from sale due to precautionary DNA tests for horsemeat.

WIENER SAUSAGES ARE back for sale in IKEA stores in the UK and Ireland.

The sausages were affected by a precautionary sales stop due to DNA tests for horsemeat. According to IKEA, none of the numerous DNA analysis made on the wiener sausages shows any indications of horse meat.

Wiener sausages will be available in stores from tomorrow morning, both in the bistro area and the Swedish Food Market, said the Swedish furniture giant.

Anders Lennartsson, IKEA Food Services AB said:

IKEA Group is committed to serving and selling high quality food that is safe, healthy and produced with care for the environment. “The trust of our customers is of outmost importance for us.
We do not tolerate any other ingredients than the ones stipulated in our recipes or product specifications.
Our supplier (Dafgård) does not produce meatballs and sausages on the same production line and the sub-suppliers of the meat raw materials are not the same. The meat raw material in the wiener sausages has never been supplied by the suspected sub-supplier.

Meatballs were also taken off sale, and this sale stop is still valid. Lennartsson said that the company is closely following its supplier’s actions to find the root cause of presence of horse meat in meatballs.

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    Mute Justin Devaney
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    Mar 6th 2013, 5:51 PM

    The girlfriend will be there first thing in the morning,she loves the wiener.

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    Mute Paul
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    Mar 6th 2013, 11:59 PM

    dirty bastard

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    Mute Andrew Nadin
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    Mar 6th 2013, 6:02 PM

    Haha wiener!

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    Mute James
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    Mar 6th 2013, 5:52 PM

    Did u hear about the Korean meat balls there the dogs bollox

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    Mute bob
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    Mar 6th 2013, 7:10 PM

    I’d rather eat a leg of a chair wrapped in carpet.

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    Mar 6th 2013, 6:40 PM

    They’ve done a first class surpressing the story released yesterday about the faecal bacteria in their almond cakes. The conclusion can only be that IKEA have a very lax attitude to their customers.

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    Mute Green Burqa
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    Mar 6th 2013, 7:33 PM

    I belive it was not in europe

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    Mute Tab Nabs
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    Mar 6th 2013, 7:42 PM

    28 countries had them withdrawn and it was discovered last December! What else are they not revealing?

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    Mute Dave Murray
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    Mar 6th 2013, 5:55 PM

    So can they tell us what the ingredients actually are now?
    In other words, what is the percentage of pork? What percentage of that pork is pink slime or MSM {mechanically separated meat]? Is there any real pork in these hotdogs at all?
    When we have all this information, maybe then they can start to regain customer confidence..

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    Mute John Appleby
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    Mar 6th 2013, 7:49 PM

    Just checked the sausages in my fridge …. aaaaaaaand they’re off !

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    Mute James
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    Mar 6th 2013, 5:49 PM

    Hope there not flat packed

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    Mute Raymond Depuis
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    Mar 6th 2013, 8:37 PM

    Friend of mine discovered 25% seahorse in his haddock!!!

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    Mute Kevin Hunt
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    Mar 6th 2013, 5:48 PM

    So there could have been horse sausages and horse balls lol, appetizing!

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    Mute Dmc
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    Mar 6th 2013, 8:23 PM

    Their furniture is shite and their food is shite

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    Mute Lorraine O Keeffe
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    Mar 7th 2013, 5:50 AM

    sausage jokes are the wurst

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    Mute Paul MacNulty
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    Mar 6th 2013, 7:16 PM

    Have a look at how these “things are made”……
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NzUm7UEEIY
    Have a nice meal

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    Mute Paul Dempsey
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    Mar 6th 2013, 10:25 PM

    No sh!t?

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    Mar 6th 2013, 7:34 PM

    they can eat them them selves

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