Update: IKEA halts all sales of meatballs in Sweden after Czech authorities detected horse meat in frozen meatballs - @AP
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Breaking News (@BreakingNews) February 25, 2013Oh, dear.
Had to convince mum to let me have ikea meatballs for lunch because she was worried about horse meat #ohmum—
Leash (@elysiaparker) February 18, 2013
Oh, honey. Don’t you know that mama always knows best?
That’s right; Horse meat has been detected in IKEA meatballs and sales have now been halted in Sweden.
BREAKING: Ikea halts meatball sales in Sweden after horse meat found by Czech authorities.—
The Associated Press (@AP) February 25, 2013
What?! Horse meat in "beef" #IKEA meatballs? http://t.co/GNCBJTp9dg—
Lukas Targosz (@LukasTargosz) February 25, 2013
Twitter users polished up their spurs and hopped on their humor saddles. And away we go:
Ikea meatballs test positive for horse meat. Bad news for some, Great news if you're a Dothraki fxn.ws/V0oadp—
Kimberley Olsen (@kimberleyolsen) February 25, 2013
Stunned to find Ikea have horse meat in their meatballs. Assumed they were made from couples who had become irretrievably lost in the store.—
Fraser Campbell (@FraserC69) February 25, 2013
Horse meat found in Ikea meatballs!? This just got personal.—
Sophie Brown (@Brownie_115) February 25, 2013
And to think, I've eaten those IKEA meatballs. To think, they're actually 'horse balls'. Wonderful…—
Adam Bradford (@Entre_Adam) February 25, 2013
When I bought an IKEA Horse set . I asked , Wheres the rest of the horse?
" we dont know , its a secret ".
#Ikeas http://t.co/sz9i1v7wiG—
Al Pitcher (@TheAlPitcher) February 25, 2013
@DanTheManWalker is absolutely gutted that Ikea meatballs have horse in #LOL Id have thought that was pretty obvious even before the scandal—
Lauryn Russell (@xxLoza_Bozaxx) February 25, 2013
Horse meat in my Ikea meatballs?! I want my $.99 back!—
Sourman (@mansouja) February 25, 2013
we're speeding toward the 19th century… RT @TheAtlanticWire: Horse Meat Found In Ikea's Famous Swedish Meatballs theatln.tc/13IrTLS—
Jeff Smith (@Jeff5mith) February 25, 2013
It is time to stop being horrified and just admit we love horse meat @jendcox: “@HuffingtonPost Horse meat detected Ikea Swedish meatballs—
lane severson (@ljseverson) February 25, 2013
Horse in Ikea meatballs? They will be finding wood in the furniture next—
JamesLyons (@MirrorJames) February 25, 2013
Depending on which part of the horse they used, IKEA may not have deceived anyone about their meatballs.—
David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 25, 2013
Now wondering what's in their particleboard @MacleansMag: Horse meat found in Ikea meatballs manufactured in Sweden bit.ly/YumqZR—
Douglas Hunter (@DWHauthor) February 25, 2013
I'm confused about people's shock at finding @Ikea meatballs had horse meat. Isn't that an upgrade from what you thought they contained?—
Ed Slott and Company (@theslottreport) February 25, 2013
Will IKEA shoppers be pleased to hear what was discovered in some of their famous Swedish meatballs? Nay. ow.ly/1SM2Gw—
Jim Lokay WCVB (@LokayWCVB) February 25, 2013
“@NorickBrewer: So anybody wanna say anything about those IKEA meatballs with the horse meat in them???” // I love them?—
Leroy Lamar III (@leroylamar) February 25, 2013
Just found even my beloved Ikea Swedish meatballs were made out of horse meat! Maybe Ive never actually eaten beef, what does it taste like?—
Mario Mugan (@SuperMarioMugan) February 25, 2013
Horsemeat discovered in IKEA meatballs. If you buy enough of them, you can self-assemble a horse—
Michael Hogan (@michaelhogan) February 25, 2013
You can lead a horse to slaughter but you can't make people think it's beef. #ikea—
Stephen (@thatfunnyjew) February 25, 2013
Horse found in IKEA meatballs – not like them to include more components than you expected…—
Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) February 25, 2013
And, lesson learned?
Horse meat found in Ikea meatballs, i guess that's what i get for buying meat from a furniture store…—
Dave Thurgood (@davidjthurgood) February 25, 2013
Couches, yes. Meatballs, nay.
