Scottish butchers: Square sausage should be a protected food

Nov 5 2009 By Lorraine Waddell

SCOTTISH butchers have launched a campaign to get square sausage recognised as a protected food.

People from the industry want the popular breakfast treat to be added to the list of foodstuffs with a Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI) .

This would mean that Lorne sausage would only be able to be given the name if it is made in Scotland and to a recipe which is set down in the terms of the PGI.

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