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IKEA horsemeat sausages fears

Furniture giant IKEA is withdrawing wiener hot dog sausages in the UK after tests found "indications" of horsemeat, just days after it withdrew a batch of its traditional meatballs.

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Russia 'finds horsemeat in sausages from Austria'

Russian officials said horsemeat has been discovered in sausages imported from Austria, the state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported.

Russia’s agriculture watchdog announced that although the sausages were labelled as 100 per cent beef "the presence of horse DNA was discovered".

The sausages are believed to have been supplied by an Austrian company, the agency added.

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