Good news for sausage lovers—soon you will be able to find out just how
much meat is in your favourite banger. Food manufacturers are currently allowed
to put intestines, fatty tissues and organs like hearts and livers in foods
labelled as “meat”. But a new European directive says food containing offal will
have to be labelled as such by January 2003. Labels will also have to show what
animal the meat comes from.
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