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Old Nov 22, 2009, 2:06 pm
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falconea
 
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Originally Posted by Analise
I'm a huge fan of mettwurst (teewurst) and I cannot wait to enjoy some when I return to Germany in a few weeks. So it's banned in Australia? According to wikipedia, mettwurst is quite common in South Australia. Is this one of those cases in which you can't believe all that is written in wikipedia?
There was a major food contamination scare in Australia a number of years ago, and as a result food safety laws were changed to ban any raw fermented meat products. They all have to be cooked, which completely destroys the character of the sausage.

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