The owner of a restaurant in southern Sweden told authorities in March that the former owner had assured him “everything had been approved,” apparently including the appliance the restaurant used for mixing salad dressings and sauces — a table-model cement mixer. When health officials told the owner it wasn’t “approved,” he immediately bought another, “rust-free,” mixer. Health authorities had come to the restaurant on a complaint that a screw turned up in a customer’s kabob.