Stockholm: The producer of Ikea meatballs withdrawn from shelves in 24 countries amid fears they contained horsemeat said on Tuesday it had found none of this meat in its product.
It was however still awaiting results from tests on meat in which Czech authorities said they found equine DNA, Dafgaard said.
"Out of 320 tests performed in the last three weeks, none contain horsemeat," said chief executive Ulf Dafgaard.
Dafgaard said it had unsuccessfully tried to contact the Czech laboratory that found horsemeat in meatballs sold by Ikea for more information about the amount involved.
They were Poland, Austria, Hungary, the Dominican Republic, Britain, Portugal, Finland, Germany, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Hong Kong, France, Cyprus and Ireland.
Ikea was the latest group to become caught up in a Europe-wide scandal over horsemeat in food products that erupted in January when horse DNA was detected in beefburgers in Britain and Ireland.
In Greece, Athens chief prosecutor Panagiota Fakou ordered on Tuesday new checks for horsemeat amid reports that at least one Greek company may have brought tainted meat into the country.
"The relevant services have stepped up checks," junior agriculture minister Maximos Harakopoulos said in a statement.
It was however still awaiting results from tests on meat in which Czech authorities said they found equine DNA, Dafgaard said.
"Out of 320 tests performed in the last three weeks, none contain horsemeat," said chief executive Ulf Dafgaard.
Dafgaard said it had unsuccessfully tried to contact the Czech laboratory that found horsemeat in meatballs sold by Ikea for more information about the amount involved.
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They were Poland, Austria, Hungary, the Dominican Republic, Britain, Portugal, Finland, Germany, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Thailand, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Hong Kong, France, Cyprus and Ireland.
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Ikea was the latest group to become caught up in a Europe-wide scandal over horsemeat in food products that erupted in January when horse DNA was detected in beefburgers in Britain and Ireland.
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In Greece, Athens chief prosecutor Panagiota Fakou ordered on Tuesday new checks for horsemeat amid reports that at least one Greek company may have brought tainted meat into the country.
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"The relevant services have stepped up checks," junior agriculture minister Maximos Harakopoulos said in a statement.
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