This comes less than two weeks after the chain had to pull its signature Swedish meatballs from the menu, after horsemeat was found in those as well, and two days after they had to recall their almond and chocolate cakes, which were discovered to be contaminated with E. coli.

If culinary horror stories like Ikea’s make you long for the good old days of pre-industrial food, though, here are four stories that will remind you the simple life is no picnic, either—ready to read here on TMN or in an e-book you can export to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, etc.