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The fecal matter in the IKEA pies ?

The Ikea Group announced Tuesday that it was withdrawing its cafeterias in 23 countries of the pies on which the Chinese health authorities have found bacteria usually witnesses of fecal contamination.

IKEA has indicated to AFP have taken this decision after the destruction by the Chinese customs 1 800 cakes appelés “chokladkrokant” (“croquants au chocolat”, the almonds with chocolate pie, cream butter and caramel) intercepted at the port of Shanghai in November.

And after the English-language daily Shanghai Daily, tests had determined that they contained “un niveau excessif de bactéries coliformes”. These bacteria, normally little dangerous for consumers, sont généralement “an indication of faecal contamination, Although this is not always the case“, has explained to AFP a microbiologist of the Swedish food safety authority, Mats Lindblad.

Pies in question were manufactured by a Swedish supplier, Almondy.

A spokeswoman for Ikea, Ylva Magnusson, has pointed out that the level of concentration of these bacteria posed no serious danger to public health. Elle a déclaré qu’“il y a des indications selon lesquelles les niveaux de bactéries découverts sont bas mais nous devons évidemment connaître le chiffre exact, et savoir ce qui s’est passé”.

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And after the daily Southwest, IKEA reportedly confirmed to la DGCCRF (Directorate-General for competition, consumption and the repression of fraud), that two batches of these contaminated cakes have been marketed in its cafeterias in France. The Group adds that it has removed these lots and sampled on lots of these products. The DGCCRF as it “vérifie […] the effectiveness of the implemented internal self-checking system in place by Ikea, ainsi que tous les éléments relatifs à cette affaire”, We reported Southwest.

End of February and beginning of March, IKEA had withdrawn from sale in 25 countries of meatballs, After the discovery of the DNA of horse that was not mentioned on the label.

Food represented during exercise 2011-2012 (completed end of August) 4,7% the turnover of Ikea, with sales of 1,3 EUR billion.

Sources :

AFP
Southwest

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Nabilladu62 says:

19 May 2013 at 16 h 09 min

C'est évident que pour certain, the fecal matter may represent some kind of threat, but as says El Diablo, the animals eat ! Including rabbits.
Opinions are divided if I may say so, mais c'est le chemin de la vie qui est parsemé d'embûches !
Que nous soyons pour ou contre manger de la merde n'a aucune importance, but the real problem is that we have to choose if we want to eat it or not, and IKEA has not left us this choice. C'est là que se situe le vrai problème !
Haribos-candy says:

20 May 2013 at 10 h 47 min

Nabilladu62 has opened a new issue ... C'est vrai que Ikea n'a pas respecté le choix du producteur !
Nevertheless, personne n'est mort et les tartes n'ont pas un si mauvais goût ... J'en avais offert à de la famille et ils l'ont adorés ! I think people are too lenient towards producers, who do their best ! Même si c'est de la merde ! The evidence even animals eat their escrements ! C'est naturel !
Haribos-candy says:

20 May 2013 at 11 h 02 min

Nabilladu62 a ouvert une nouvelle problématique... C'est vrai que Ikea n'a pas respecté le choix du consommateur ! But nevertheless, il n'y a pas mort d'homme et les tartes n'ont pas si mauvais goût après tout. I think people are too indulgent towards producers ! Ils sont de leur mieux même si c'est de la merde ! Animals eat well their escrements ! C'est naturel ! Then why not we ?
El diablo says:

20 May 2013 at 17 h 04 min

Dear Habib, je ne suis pas tout à fait d'acc avec ce que vous dites à propos du choix de vouloir manger ou non des déjections! D'après moi la problématique c'est de savoir pourquoi il est mauvais de manger de la crotte ? et pourquoi le marquer en grand sur l'emballage? Marque t-on que certains produits contiennent du gluten ou d'autres produits allergisants en police 72 ? Non! We are entering a new era, that of the post-surconsommation, nous devons retourner a l'essentiel car quelqu'un a dit que l'on ne naît pas pour manger mais l'on mange pour vivre; and although I am in total symbiosis with this sentence! A new economy is running: the return to basics, We must show the way, for example by offering droppings of cats fed waste of table frozen or offering culinary workshops family proponents a crop of POO (What nettoierait our cities) on the sidewalks course of kitchens.