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Swiss National Sausage Skin Crisis Report (and Cervelat 50% off at Coop)

Jul 2, 2008 @ 21:34

Swissinfo, June 30, 2008

Still no skin for national sausage

Switzerland's iconic sausage, the cervelat, remains endangered. The warning came from the group charged with finding a replacement for one of its main ingredients.

An industry-led task force says it expects the current supply of casings – traditionally fashioned from the intestines of Brazilian bovines – to meet only 70 per cent of demand. It has predicted a shortfall by next summer.

The task force called on Monday for a new risk assessment of Brazilian casings, which have been banned by the European Union due to fears of mad cow disease.

It said it would continue working with the government on a solution.

Imports from Paraguay will in large part act as a substitute, the group said, but will still not cover expected demand. Inferior casings from Uruguay and Argentina have been considered and could possibly cover the shortfall.

The fate of the cervelat is no small affair for meat specialists: the Swiss eat 160 million of these sausages every year – accounting for some 30 per cent of the domestic sausage output

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Swissinfo, June 30, 2008

Still no skin for national sausage

Switzerland's iconic sausage, the cervelat, remains endangered. The warning came from the group charged with finding a replacement for one of its main ingredients.

The task force called on Monday for a new risk assessment of Brazilian casings, which have been banned by the European Union due to fears of mad cow disease.

It said it would continue working with the government on a solution.

The fate of the cervelat is no small affair for meat specialists: the Swiss eat 160 million of these sausages every year – accounting for some 30 per cent of the domestic sausage output

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Re: Swiss National Sausage Skin Crisis Report (and Cervelat 50% off at Coop)

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Jul 4, 2008 @ 14:12

This story has been out there since the EU prohibited the import of the zebu intestines. I actually published an article on it. When politicians begin to wax infantile about a sausage, it is difficult not to smirk. And of course, the usual political wind machines have switched on their propellers to castigate the EU. The 160 million figure is only "alleged". The number was doubled by one of those wind machines and has been used ever since. There is no official figure. Some of the things not mentioned: Zebu husbandry is costing the rain forest a lot of acreage. Swiss alternatives could be too expensive. Zebu farmers are not well rewarded for their work.

I ask myself: 1) why can a country with so many patents for the most unbedlievable technologies not find an alternative? 2) is it important? Is this the end of Switzerland as we know it? 3) Were the Rütlischwur gang eating cervelat? (No, because that unhealthy knob of sweepings from the slaughterhouse floor is barely 125 years old).

I am going to quote my own self now...

"Nothing against a good sausage, but when

dealing with bovine intestine, it is wise to remember

that what comes out of it is technically

faeces bovis, if you will excuse the

Latin."

wink, wink

The text you are quoting:

I am going to quote my own self now...

"Nothing against a good sausage, but when

dealing with bovine intestine, it is wise to remember

that what comes out of it is technically