Come January 2017 , Americans might have aRabbie Burns Daymiracle to reckon forward to . After a coming together with representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) , British Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead toldBBC Newsthat the two agencies have recently been working " to pave the way for the return of Scotch lamb and haggis onto U.S. plates " in the next duet of years .
In the U.S. , it ’s been almost impossible to savor unquestionable haggis , the national lulu of Scotland , ever since the USDA rule in 1971 [ PDF ] that the lung of livestock — a key element in traditional haggis—“shall not be saved for exercise as human solid food . " admittance to Scottish lamb was further narrowed after the U.S. set a Bachelor of Arts in Nursing on all stock imports from the U.K. in reception to outbreaks of mad cow disease . To get their workforce on real Scottish haggis for their Burns night table , then , U.S.-based fans of the dish have been love to resort to smuggling it or its illegal ingredients in from Canada , the U.K. , and other more soft locations .
Thanks to the cooperation of the USDA and British agencies , however , the food that the splendidly poetical Burns yell a " [ nifty ] chieftain o ' the pudding - race " might cease to be smuggled in the States within the next 24 month . National Farmers Union Scotland frailty - President of the United States Rob Livesey assure the press that the past few twenty-four hours ' worth of talks " should speed up the entry of Scottish squawk and lamb onto the U.S. market " in general , while butcher James Macsween described the removal of the ban as " a monumental opportunity for us and the manufacture . "
Secretary Lochhead maneuver out , too , that the " around 10 million U.S. citizen [ claiming ] Scottish inheritance " fairly much guarantee " a ready - made marketplace [ here ] and with Scot at heart . " In the interim , Scots in America , Scottish Americans , and anyone desperate to get a forkful of authentic haggis likely all have the same message for the USDA : heid doon arse up !
[ h / tBBC News ]
