Did You Know That Haggis Is Banned In The USA?
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Jan 25 2010, 1:01 PM
As a Scot living in America, I don't really think that much about Haggis anymore. Of course, today is the one exception as we celebrate the 251st anniversary of our Immortal Bard ... Robert Burns (best known for writing Auld Lang Syne). All over the world Scots will be sitting down to their Burns' Supper celebrations that will include the traditional Scottish delicacy, Haggis ... unless you are in America. Although nobody seems to have informed my local British importer about this 21-year ban.
To my fellow Scots ... "Tir nam beann, nan gleann, nan gaisgeach!"
(Jan. 25) -- American Scots will have an added reason to send their kilts flying Monday as they celebrate the birthday of poet Robert Burns. After a 21-year ban, the U.S. is planning to allow imports of haggis, a traditional Scottish dish.
The ban was imposed in 1989, at the height of the mad cow disease outbreak in Britain, because haggis contains sheep heart, liver and lungs -- organs that are considered at risk for carrying scrapie, a close variant of mad cow.
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As a Scot living in America, I don't really think that much about Haggis anymore. Of course, today is the one exception as we celebrate the 251st anniversary of our Immortal Bard ... Robert Burns (best known for writing Auld Lang Syne). All over the world Scots will be sitting down to their Burns' Supper celebrations that will include the traditional Scottish delicacy, Haggis ... unless you are in America. Although nobody seems to have informed my local British importer about this 21-year ban.
To my fellow Scots ... "Tir nam beann, nan gleann, nan gaisgeach!"
(Jan. 25) -- American Scots will have an added reason to send their kilts flying Monday as they celebrate the birthday of poet Robert Burns. After a 21-year ban, the U.S. is planning to allow imports of haggis, a traditional Scottish dish.
The ban was imposed in 1989, at the height of the mad cow disease outbreak in Britain, because haggis contains sheep heart, liver and lungs -- organs that are considered at risk for carrying scrapie, a close variant of mad cow.
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