Pork found in Ikea's moose lasagna - Moose meat common in Sweden, atypical in lasagna

The Associated Press Posted:Apr 6, 2013 9:58 AM PT

Ikea says it has withdrawn 17,000 portions of moose lasagna from its home furnishings stores in Europe after traces of pork were found in a batch tested in Belgium. Ikea spokeswoman Tina Kardum said the product had only been on sale for a month when it was pulled off the shelves on March 22.

Swedish furniture giant Ikea was drawn into Europe's widening food labelling scandal Monday as authorities said they had detected horsemeat in frozen meatballs labeled as beef and pork and sold in 13 countries across the continent. Ikea Canada spokesperson Madeleine Loewenborg-Frick said in an email to CBC News that the meatballs sold in Canada are produced in the U.S.