Now Ikea takes its hot dogs off shelves

Furniture giant Ikea today announced it is withdrawing hot dog sausages in the UK after horse meat was found in a batch of its traditional meatballs.

The Swedish company said it was removing the sausages from sale in Britain, France, Spain, Ireland and Portugal.

An Ikea spokeswoman said it was taking the precautionary move as the sausages came from the same supplier as the meatballs, which tests showed to contain traces of horse meat.

A batch of Swedish meatballs were withdrawn from Ikea stores across Europe and a handful of countries in Asia and the Caribbean two days ago after horse meat was discovered by Czech authorities.