We Complain About Crowds: In the European Union, Politicians Determine Even the Diameter of the Blood Sausage

Many times Argentine producers complain about multiple state regulations on their lives without realizing that in other parts of the world these interventions can be much more demanding than here. A good example occurred this Thursday in the old continent, where European Union (EU) authorities go as far as defining even the diameter of a blood sausage. The diameter of a blood sausage? Yes, the diameter of a blood sausage. The Spanish agency EFE reports that in the Official Journal of the European Union, a modification of the regulation was published this Thursday that recognized the popular Burgos blood sausage as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) in 2018. The Burgos blood sausage is a sausage based on rice and pork blood typical of the gastronomy of that area of Spain. It also contains onion, pork lard, salt, pepper, paprika, oregano, and other spices. Oral tradition says it should be "bland, fatty, and spicy". The definition of a protocol based on which the Geographical ...