Guémené andouille sausage threatened by new health rules

Is the Guémené andouille endangered? Health rules make this culinary heritage of Morbihan fear the worst. The oldest attestation of these pigs stacked on top of each other and smoked dates back to 1776. In the small Breton town of Guémené-sur-Scorff, populated by 1,175 inhabitants, two artisanal producers perpetuate this gastronomic tradition. But the smoking of this rather noble product, whose price is positioned between that of smoked salmon and foie gras, generates pollutants higher than the rates imposed by the European Union.

At the beginning of September, the renowned Maison de l'andouille Rivalan-Quidu had to close temporarily, while receiving analysis results, and feared the worst for the future. If the subject is in the news this fall, it is not new. We have to go back to the 2010s, where rules were gradually put in place to lower the maximum authorized threshold for aromatic hydrocarbons...