Made With Real Dragon!

In another sign of the rampant nanny state that Britain has become, the proprietor of the Black Mountains Smokery has been formally warned that one of his products needed to be relabeled. It seems the name "Welsh Dragon Sausage" was too confusing for the local council, who appear to believe that the name would mislead people.

The makers of Welsh Dragon Sausages were warned they could face legal action if they did not specify which meat they were using.

"I don't think any of our customers actually believe that we use dragon meat," said Jon Carthew, of the Black Mountains Smokery at Crickhowell, after receiving a warning letter from trading standards officers.

Mr Carthew has now added the word pork to labels for the 200,000 sausages he makes a year from pork, leek and chilli and he has been told that no further action will be taken.

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Powys council said: "The product Welsh Dragon Sausage was not sufficiently precise to inform a purchaser of the true nature of the food.

"I don't think anyone would imagine that dragon meat was being used but we would not want vegetarians to buy the sausages believing they were meat-free."

The ingredients were always listed on the label, incidentally. But apparently, the Powys council believes that vegetarians are too stupid to realize that sausages contain meat. There's some stupidity involved alright. It's just not where the council thinks it is.

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