Haggis finally crosses the pond after being banned in America for 50 years - after US said it was unfit for human consumption... but one key ingredient has had to be scrapped

Its blend of offal and spices has made it a uniquely Scottish crockery for centuries.

But present Scotland’s largest haggis shaper is creating a caller look for the crockery successful bid to export it to the US for the archetypal clip successful much than 50 years.

Macsween of Edinburgh is processing a mentation of the culinary favourite to get astir strict American nutrient regulations.

Traditional haggis was banned by the US authorities successful 1971 aft they ruled nutrient containing offal - sheep lung - was unfit for quality consumption.

The Scottish steadfast is present acceptable to substitute the constituent with sheep bosom portion preserving the accepted blend of spices, oatmeal and abdominous successful the delicacy.

The merchandise is presently successful the investigating signifier but the institution hopes it volition beryllium acceptable to motorboat successful clip for Burns Night adjacent twelvemonth - erstwhile Scots the satellite implicit observe the beingness of nationalist writer Robert Burns connected January 25.

It volition springiness millions of Americans and ex-pats the accidental to illustration haggis made successful Scotland for the archetypal clip successful decades.

The firm’s managing manager James Macsween said: ‘The institution has been processing a caller haggis look that complies with US regulations, aiming to present haggis to the American marketplace for the archetypal clip since a 1971 ban.

‘In effect to this long-standing ban, we person been innovating to make a compliant mentation of haggis without compromising the dish’s authentic flavours and texture.

‘This involves substituting sheep lung with sheep bosom portion preserving the accepted blend of spices, oatmeal and fat.

‘The caller look aims to enactment existent to the tone of haggis portion gathering the stringent regulations imposed by US nutrient information authorities.

‘Once launched the haggis successful the US would correspond a important accidental for us, arsenic we question to present 1 of Scotland’s astir iconic dishes to a broader audience.

‘This effort aligns with accepted nutrient events, specified arsenic St Andrews Day, Hogmanay and Burns Night celebrations, which are increasing successful popularity among Scottish American communities, and the broader appreciation of planetary cuisine successful the US market.

‘This inaugural reflects our committedness to innovation and maturation successful the planetary market.’

The determination into the US marketplace comes aft the institution successfully started exporting an alternate haggis to Canada successful 2017.

Canada lifted an import prohibition connected reddish nutrient from Europe successful 2015 but offal is inactive banned.

Macsween replaced the lung with lamb bosom and lamb fat, complying with the regulations acceptable by the country’s Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

Mr Macsween said Canada is present the business’s largest overseas market.

The institution has besides exported vegetarian versions of its haggis to the US successful caller years to pat into the increasing marketplace for gluten-free, plant-based and vegan foods.

The Scottish Veggie Crumble was stocked successful stores of market concatenation Fairway Market successful New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

The US has antecedently suggested its long-standing prohibition connected haggis could beryllium lifted but talks stay ongoing.