Newmarket sausage

In October 2012 the Newmarket sausage was awarded Protected Geographical Indicator of Origin (PGI)[1] status.

[2] The flavourings used in a Newmarket sausage are black & white pepper, salt, thyme, parsley and nutmeg.

James Musk died in 1905, a few months after opening the main shop on High Street, where the business traded until 1979.

It is not known whether Elizabeth Drake created the Musk's recipe and her new husband was the business influence to make it a success or whether James brought the idea back to Newmarket from Chiswick in London, where he had been working as a butcher in 1881.

In 2005, the European Union and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs tried to persuade the two companies to merge recipes and gain Protected Geographical Status, from which products such as Parma ham and Stilton cheese have benefited.