Great moments in food labeling law

by Walter Olson on November 18, 2006

From Wales:

A spicy sausage known as the Welsh Dragon will have to be renamed after trading standards’ officers warned the manufacturers that they could face prosecution because it does not contain dragon.

The sausages will now have to be labelled Welsh Dragon Pork Sausages to avoid any confusion among customers.

Jon Carthew, 45, who makes the sausages, said yesterday that he had not received any complaints about the absence of real dragon meat.

(Simon de Bruxelles, “Sausages affected by draconian trade laws”, Times Online, Nov. 18).

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{ 8 comments }

1 Captain Spaulding 11.18.06 at 5:48 pm

“It says ‘Crunchy Frog’ quite clearly on the label.”

2 gitarcarver 11.18.06 at 6:41 pm

Is this the end of Welsh Rabbit too?

(And yes, I know that technically the real name is “Welsh rarebit.”)

3 Amy Alkon 11.18.06 at 7:13 pm

Endless possibilities for idiocy come to mind.

Chicken fried steak: Will they have to explain that it was NOT fried with a live chicken hopping around the pan?

“Chicken Of The Sea”: A note on the inability of chickens to actually swim? With, maybe a picture of a chicken in water wings?

French bread: With a note revealing the actual ethnicity of the baker as Polish with some distant Italian.

Bear Claws: This product contains real apples, but, sadly, no actual bears.

4 Walter E. Wallis 11.18.06 at 7:22 pm

Change the name to Dragin, and drag the cases across the floor.

5 gunner 11.18.06 at 8:23 pm

What of shepherds pie? Am I not getting my daily dose of ground shepherd?

6 Anirban 11.19.06 at 4:56 am

I just checked out my ‘hot dog’ contains a poor little doggy running high temperature. could’nt eat that and puked . Now I am suing with animal rights activists for causing gross bodily and mental harm to the doggy and me . if i get millions I will share with you all.

7 nofixedabode 11.19.06 at 10:15 am

Buffalo wings! I want REAL Buffalo wings!!!

8 triticale 11.22.06 at 5:20 pm

Actually, I was quite pleased that the can labeled “Spotted Dick” actually contained raisin pudding.

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