One of Scotland’s leading butchers, Simon Howie Butchers, has launched a campaign to legalise haggis in the United States ahead of the 2026 World Cup, where the Scottish national team is expected to travel. Haggis has been effectively banned in the US since 1971 due to federal regulations on offal consumption, specifically because it contains sheep lungs.
The campaign, titled “make haggis legal again,” includes a petition and is fronted by Scottish broadcaster and journalist Gordon Smart. Flags reading “no haggis, no party” are being distributed to football fans heading to the US.
Simon Howie said: “Scotland football fans are widely recognised as the best in the world and they are about to make the trip of a lifetime, but they’ll be doing it without access to their national dish. With such warmth and long-standing affinity between Americans and Scots, we’re appealing to the USA to embrace this delicious delicacy and ‘make haggis legal again’.”
Gordon Smart added: “For Scotland fans, summer 2026 is going to be a trip we’ll never forget. We’ll have the flags, the songs and the scarves, and if this petition has anything to do with it, we’ll have the haggis too. Simon Howie is fighting for every Scot and honorary Scot out there, so let’s get behind the campaign and make history on and off the pitch. Because after all, if there’s no haggis, there’s no party.”
The traditional Scottish dish has been prohibited in the US since 1971 because it contains sheep lungs, which are not permitted under US food safety regulations.
