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Move over horsemeat! There’s a new food culprit in town.

DETAILS: Spaghetti & Horse Meatballs: Ikea Finds Horsemeat In Frozen Foods 

On Tuesday, Ikea stopped the sale of their almond cakes after Chinese custom authorities found a batch that showed traces of coliform bacteria, a type of bacteria that can be found in soil, vegetation, water and everyday human environments, as well as in the feces of humans and warm-blooded animals.

In other words…cake poop.

IKEA said Chinese customs officials on Dec. 12 last year seized and destroyed a batch of 1,800 cakes imported by IKEA to China from Sweden after tests revealed that the cakes contained too high levels of coliform bacteria.

“Chinese customs officials have found coliform bacteria that exceeds limits and we have decided to stop the sales of these cakes in all markets,” said IKEA spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson. She added that the supplier has tested the same batch of almond cakes and found no presence of E. coli or human intestinal bacteria.

But the company is still taking the discovery seriously and is tracing other batches to make sure the coliform cakes don’t end up in Ikea restaurants.

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Magnusson also emphasized that the contaminated batch was destroyed in customs and never reached its Chinese restaurants.

Horsemeat in their meatballs and now poop in their cake. Good thing they’re known for their furniture.

SOURCE: WSJ