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"  IKEA&amp;#039;s Swedish meatballs are equally if not more famous than the well-priced, build-it-yourself furniture that the IKEA brand is known for. Unfortunately customers will be thinking twice before purchasing the post-shopping snack since the company was the latest in a string of European stores to find traces of horse meat in its beef and/or pork. According to The Wall Street Journal, IKEA recalled its frozen meatballs from 13 European countries after food inspectors found that horse meat DNA was present in frozen packages that are labeled as beef and pork. The horse meat-laced meatballs were sent to stores in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, France, the U.K., Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, and Ireland. More From Delish: 17 of Martha Stewart&amp;#039;s Best Meatball Recipe IKEA began testing its products a couple of weeks ago when the horse meat scandal first began, but the company didn&amp;#039;t find horse DNA in any of the 12 meatball samples it tested from different batches. However, Czech food inspectors did find horsemeat DNA in one of their shipments, which prompted the 13-country recall of over 1,600 pounds of meatballs. More From Delish: Meatballs, Burgers, and Chili, Oh My! 10 Ground Meat Recipes The tainted meatballs were not the ones that the store sells for immediate consumption. They were located in the freezer aisle. Current testing will determine whether the samples were contaminated during the handling process, or if quantities of horse meat were actually added to the meatballs. The Associated Press reports that while all the IKEA meat for this producer comes from one Swedish supplier, U.S. meatballs and other countries not included in the recall were not affected. In reference to countries outside of the highlighted 13, IKEA spokesperson Ylva Magnusson stated, &amp;quot;Our global recommendation is to not recall or stop selling meatballs.&amp;quot; Have you tried IKEA&amp;#039;s Swedish meatballs? If so, will you keep eating them after this incident? Find more great food content on Delish:  Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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