Sausage Wars

Won't be of any concern to Bonce, but it seems that one of the many products that will be disappearing from our shelves when we leave the EU will be imported sausages, burgers and other uncooked minced meat products. Article here.
No agreement is likely to be reached on bilateral trade due to the inability to certify if the meat is produced to the now different set of standards.
We import 1.3 billion euros per annum of meat products from Ireland alone - Irish sausages are a big seller and personally I like a bit of chorizo in a few dishes - equally the French won't be able to nosh on our Cumberlands. Apparently the Germans are fearing the wurst.

Just when you think things can't get any worse 

The brexit lot will insist we should be able to produce our own meat here but we'll see.

Norpig wrote:Just when you think things can't get any worse 

The brexit lot will insist we should be able to produce our own meat here but we'll see.

The gamble is that there'll be enough to go round assuming that the big exporters will stay afloat by selling the stuff they used to send abroad in the UK. It's just that the range will be much, much smaller.
Traditional Toulouse sausage (made with pork, wine, garlic, herbs, spices and bacon bits) is the best breakfast sausage on the planet IMO and they've always been difficult to track down in the UK but it looks like they're gone now.
Sausages are set to become a luxury item but it does provide an opportunity for sausage manufacturers to produce a range of replacement products e.g. Cumberland Chorizo or Walthamstow Wurst.

I can't live without chorizo, Iberico ham, salami and Parma ham!

xmiles wrote:I can't live without chorizo, Iberico ham, salami and Parma ham!

Will ham be affected by this?

Well Iberico and Parma ham are "uncooked prepared meat products" so it looks like they might be.

Time for you all to get on the Linda McCartneys like me.

I'm getting my sausage out as we speak. Meat free, of course.

T.R.O.Y. wrote:Time for you all to get on the Linda McCartneys like me.

Not me.