Tasty: Haggis could be made legal in the US
Rex
Michael Howie9 November 2015
America is set to lift an import ban on haggis 44 years after it was first introduced.
A Scottish government delegation led by environment minister Richard Lochhead has said it is confident it will overturn the ban during a visit to Washington this week.
The block has been in place since 1971.
Haggis, sales of which are worth £15 million in the UK alone, was banned as Americans did not want to be exposed to sheep’s lung.
The delegation is set to propose a compromise - and suggest the key ingredient is left out.
There are about nine million people living in America who are of Scottish descent.
