Scotland’s largest haggis maker creating new recipe to meet US rules

Macsween working to circumvent food regulations that have banned traditional recipe in US for more than 50 years

Scotland's largest haggis maker is creating a compliant" recipe of the nation's most famous dish to circumvent strict American food regulations after more than 50 years in exile.

The decision by Macsween of Edinburgh comes after traditional haggis was banned by the US authorities in 1971, taking issue with the sheep's-lung component of the recipe, which was then prohibited for use as human food by federal regulation.