Other than horsemeat. Ikea, already caught in the blizzard over the meatballs served in its restaurant outlets in Europe, today announced that withdraws the chocolate cakes called “chokladkrokant” from the market in 23 countries (crunchy chocolate).
In this case, therefore, the meat has nothing to do with it: the reason why these almond and chocolate flavored cakes with butter cream and caramel (produced by the Swedish supplier Almondy) can no longer be sold is that the Chinese health authorities have encountered none other than gods bacteria that testify to the presence of faecal contamination.
It is not known whether it is from horse, but in any case, one would say unfortunately, it would not be its meat. The 1.800 packages analyzed and seized by the Chinese customs authorities had been intercepted in the port of Shanghai last November, and the English-speaking newspaper Shanghai Daily wrote in unsuspecting times that the tests had revealed the presence of “an excessive level of coliform bacteria”, also called faecal coliforms, which live in the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals.
However, these bacteria are not considered dangerous for the consumer, as a spokeswoman for Ikea, Ylva Magnusson, pointed out: "We want to deepen the tests, but from what we know so far, the concentration levels of coliforms are really low and harmless".
Still more trouble for the Swedish giant, just a week after the scandal of the horsemeat not reported on the label of the meatballs. The food sector, which also represents almost 5% of Ikea's turnover and recorded sales of 2011 billion euros in the 2012-1,3 financial year, however it does not seem to be the strong point. But continue to make only furniture?
