Meat, poultry, seafood, eggs

Chicken: Whole fresh or frozen chicken (no seasoning, stuffing, self-basting or manufactured meat), chicken breast fillets, thighs, pieces (no marinade or flavour enhancers) (Not suitable for your supervised elimination diet: for people who can tolerate amines: chicken skin, (e.g. wings), offal (e.g. chicken livers))

Eggs, fresh, preferably free range Warning a large number of egg whites eaten in a single meal e.g. meringue or pavlova, may be a problem for amine responders. In our experience, old eggs can be problem for amine responders – thick white means fresh, the more thin white, the older the egg. Eggs are only as good as what is fed to the chickens that produce them. Omega three eggs come from chickens fed large quantities of linseed oil, and some failsafers are affected. Every year in the US, more than half a million people become ill after eating eggs contaminated with Salmonella and more than 300 people die. Salmonella is a bacteria often found in the ovaries of intensively farmed hens which can contaminate the eggs before the shells are formed. It can cause fever and diarrhea. Since September 2001, residents in the US have been warned to eat only very well cooked eggs. This means no more licking the bowl while making a cake, no soft-boiled eggs, eggs fried sunny-side up, softly scrambled or in omelettes and French toast. Avoid also Caesar salad, mousses, hollandaise sauce, home-made mayonnaise and icecream with eggs. So some of our Australian recipes are not suitable for US eggs. Salmonella has been almost entirely eliminated from Swedish and Dutch eggs. Hopefully, the FDA will be able to get it under control too. Independent scientists at CSPI recommend that farmers should reduce crowding, increase hygiene and stop starving the hens in order to increase egg production. http://www.ochef.com/336.htm

Fish and seafood must be very fresh, best eaten within 12 hours of catch or frozen and eaten within 2 weeks (in my experience, supermarket fish and seafood is never fresh enough). White fish or seafood, e.g. snapper, barramundi, whiting, crab, lobster, oysters, calamari, scallops (but not salmon, tuna or prawns). Best from specialty fish shops, fishing co-ops and friends who fish, ask for the freshest and eat that day (Not suitable for your supervised elimination diet • for people who can tolerate moderate amines: fresh tuna, salmon, sashimi. For people who can tolerate all amines, frozen or canned fish including tuna, salmon or sardines in spring water or failsafe oils, e.g. John West sandwich tuna in canola oil, no flavours, no flavour enhancers, no olive oil. No prawns which contain sulphite preservatives, no imitation crab sticks, seafood salad mix or seafood extenders which contain flavour enhancers.)

Fish fingers (None suitable for your supervised elimination diet due to amines). Make your own. (For people who can tolerate amines: fish fingers made from permitted ingredients, no annatto 160b. One mother wrote ‘The label says “no artificial colours or flavours” and the ingredients list annatto extracts without a number. “It’s almost like they’re tricking you.’ ). Birds Eye fish fingers have no 160b annatto, most other brands contain at least 160b, several with added glutamates.

Warning Mercury in fish: pregnant women, women planning pregnancy and young children are advised to limit their intake of shark (flake), broadbill, marlin and swordfish to no more than one serve per fortnight with no other fish to be consumed during that fortnight. For orange roughy (also sold as sea perch) and catfish, the advice is to consume no more than one serve per week, with no other fish being consumed during that week. For people who can tolerate amines: canned tuna generally has lower levels of mercury than other tuna because the tuna used for canning are smaller species that are generally caught when less than 1 year old. It is considered safe for all population groups to consume a snack can of tuna (95 grams) everyday, assuming no other fish is eaten. More at www.foodstandards.gov.au

Lamb or beef, buy fresh meat (preferably not supermarket meat that may have been vacuum packed for three months or more use the day you buy or freeze and eat within one month e.g. preservative-free mince (you can test for preservatives with sulphite test strips from our website), beef roast, T-bone or sirloin steak for pan frying, lamb leg for roast, diced lamb for stew, lamb steak, lamb loin chops for grilling, chump chops for stewing • veal for schnitzel • failsafe sausages (excellent frozen sausages are available on Australia’s East Coast by courier from www.honestbeef.com.au or ask your specialist butcher if he will make up the recipe (Fed Up and Failsafe Cookbook) or see below for butchers who will make sausages to order) (Not suitable for your supervised elimination diet: for people who can tolerate amines: offal e.g. steak and kidney, lamb’s fry)

Meat: beef, lamb, veal, rabbit, chicken

Meat is best fresh, preferably not supermarket meat that may have been vacuum packed for three months or more as this allows a buildup of amines – ask your specialist butcher for meat that hasn’t been vacuum packed. Eat the day you buy or freeze and eat within one month. (No additives, no flavoured or preserved deli meats, manufactured meats, lunch meat such as chicken roll or devon; no pork, ham, or bacon

• beef e.g. mince, roast, T-bone or sirloin steak for barbecue or pan frying, Failsafe sausages see below Warning illegal sulphites in beef mince – surveys show that up to 50% of butchers will add illegal sulphite preservatives to mince if they are not constantly monitored; you can test your own mince using our sulphite test strips.

• lamb e.g. leg for roast, diced lamb for stew, lamb steak, lamb loin chops for grilling, chump chops for stewing

• veal chops for barbecues, kebabs, veal for schnitzel, minced veal for meatballs or meatloaf

• rabbit, see our casserole recipe in the Failsafe Cookbook

• veal e.g. mince for rissoles or meat loaves, stir fry, schnitzel

• chicken e.g. whole fresh or frozen chicken (no skin due to amines; no seasoning, stuffing, self-basting or manufactured meat), chicken breast fillets, thighs, pieces (no marinade or flavour enhancers)

• Meat & chicken not suitable for your supervised elimination diet: for people who can tolerate amines: pork chops, roast pork, additive-free ham and bacon from organic butchers or health food stores but beware of MSG-type flavor enhancers such as hydrolysed vegetable protein; chicken skin, (e.g. wings), offal (e.g. steak and kidney, lamb’s fry and chicken livers) • additive free ham or bacon Eumundi Smokehouse Sydney, 402 New Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill, 9569 0205, available in health food stores – thanks to Tanya

• Sausages - beef, lamb or chicken (not pork).

Pork, (Not suitable for your supervised elimination diet: for people who can tolerate amines: pork chops, roast pork, additive-free ham and bacon from organic butchers or health food stores)

Prawns, none. Warning prawns always contain sulphite preservatives no matter how fresh they are .

Reader report 1: ‘Just purchased my Xmas prawns and thinking to avoid any additives always buy 'Australian' uncooked prawns .As I purchased 2Kg they came in the original box and shock, horror, I see preservative ticked, and then 223. I rang the fish man, and he informs me that all prawns are treated with 223 to prevent discolouring. This is common practice across the industry, the only difference being that imported prawns may not declare the preservative on the packaging. Phoned the Health department who were completely unaware of this practice. I suggested that as processed foods have to have labelling of sulphite ingredients what of the 'fresh' product? An asthmatic with sensitivities to the sulphur group of preservatives may well react to prawns and then assume this is a seafood allergy, as preservative would not be considered a factor. – thanks to Judy

Reader report 2: Our asthmatic 6 yo son had a severe reaction to prawns which resulted in hospital visit with severe swelling like burns on legs and swollen ankles unable to walk and rash all over chest (we thought seafood allergy but test proved negative - later found out treated with preservative 223! That was the culprit.) – thanks to Glenda

Failsafe sausages

Sausages e.g. beef, lamb or chicken, not pork - ask your specialist butcher if he will make up the Failsafe Sausages recipe in all my books or below.

Sausage casings are permitted to contain sulphite preservatives at the same level as sausages. Since sausage casings are such a small component of a sausage, and being on the outside of the sausage are subjected to the highest heat which will drive off sulphites, it is likely that these pose little risk to failsafers.

If your butcher won't make failsafe sausages, make your own with this simple recipe. (If you have a Thermomix you can use cubed meat and the Thermomix will quickly turn all the ingredients into sausage mince - we've just bought one, and my only regret is that I didn't buy it years ago, http://www.superliving.com.au/features/my-two-weeks-with-a-thermomix)

Search by postcode for butchers who will make sausages to order.

Warning: Sausages labeled gluten free or preservative free are not failsafe. A typical ingredients list for unlabeled gluten free and supposedly preservative free sausages sold by a butcher: ‘meat potato starch maize starch salt soy protein spice yeast extract spice extract (incl 160c) flavour contains soy sulphites’, so there are 2 sources of salicylates and at least 2 MSG-type flavor enhancers. Howard was amazed recently to find that all the sausages in our Woolworths contained hydrolysed vegetable protein, which is a glutamate-containing ingredient like MSG.

Warning: Even if labelled failsafe, do not trust your butcher, always check every ingredient yourself. Friendly butchers do not understand why they can’t add e.g. pepper, paprika, onion powder or spices to improve the flavour. They are just trying to be helpful. Chicken sausages must contain meat only, no chicken skin which is high in amines.

ACT

2607 Mawson Southlands Quality Meats in Mawson Place 02 6286 2993 "They are made the day the meat comes in with beef and rice meal only, then frozen in 6, 9 or 12kg lots – thanks to Jan

2616 Belconnen Butcher in Canberra: Eco meats, Shop 41 Belconnen Markets Lathlain St Belconnen ACT 2617 ph: (02) 6251 9018. All their sausages have only cornflour, no other additives, and they can do varying flavours for you. Their sausage mince is also preservative free just make sure you preorder it to ensure it doesn’t have any herbed varieties in it. – thanks to Sarah. - always check ingredients

2905 Calwell Calwell Butcher at Calwell Shopping Centre, ACT will mince meat & make sausages to order (and to specifications). Where possible, they will also provide low amine meat (slaughter date tag remains attached to carcass) and, if not busy, mince meat on the spot. thanks to Ann-Marie

NSW

2000 Sydney Butcher2U offers FREE Home Delivery to all Sydney suburbs, Lower Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury Valley and is happy to make up failsafe sausages 02 8850 0100 www.butcher2u.com.au – thanks to Kelly

2010 Surry Hills Failsafe sausages and organic meats Sam the Butcher switched to organic when he himself developed an allergy to the preservatives used in meats. His 4th shop in Sydney opens in July 2009: Shop2/279-295 Crown St, Surry Hills OR you can order your failsafe sausages online and have them delivered for free: http://www.samthebutcher.com.au/category.cfm?categoryId=874 - always check ingredients

2022 Bondi Junction Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2026 Bondi Failsafe sausages from Sam the Butcher's 3 outlets in Sydney. Contacts: Beecroft, Sam, phone 9484 7138; Bondi,Troy, phone 9389 1420; Sans Souci, Joel, phone 9583 1144. See www.samthebutcher.com.au. All meat is organic with no added chemicals, so is slightly more expensive. You need to order a minimum of 4 kilograms per batch - they are happy for customers to get together and go halves in the orders. Note that all stores are closed in Mondays, open Tuesday to Friday, 8.00am to 6pm. Saturday, 7.00am to 4pm. Sunday (Bondi only) 8.00am to 3pm. One failsafer complained about added paprika colouring (not failsafe) – check before ordering. (Thanks to Susan Bull for arranging this.) - always check ingredients

2030 Rose Bay Butcher Steve and Mark at The Gourmet Joint, 12 Old Sth Head Road Rose Bay North 2030 ph 9337 4113. ‘I stood with the guys and they made me 5kg of chemical free chicken and 5kg of best mince and added my leeks, garlic and Himalayan rock salt!’ – thanks to Sheridan. - always check ingredients

2070 Lindfield Quants Butcher makes sausages on Tuesday and will do failsafe ones first so they aren't contaminated (beef and leek, and chicken and garlic) – thanks to Tracy- always check ingredients

2072 Gordon Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products Bush's Meats carry chicken failsafe sausages. – thanks to Jenny H - always check ingredients

2077 Hornsby Butcher Tender Value Meats,12 Florence St Hornsby N.S.W Ph 9987 4028 sells organic chicken whole or in pieces and has a few failsafe customers so will make up sausages for you using whatever ingredients you can have. “My son’s favourite is the chicken, pear and golden syrup. It has been fantastic to have someone so supportive and willing to go out of their way to help and my son doesn’t feel as though he is missing out on everything”. – thanks to Mia Park - always check ingredients

2111 Gladesville Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2112 North Ryde Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2112 Ryde Failsafe sausages: The Meat Boutique, 119b North Road, Ryde NSW 2112. 02 9878 3533 www.themeatboutique.com.au. You can order from the website and they deliver in Sydney, but make sure they don’t contain pepper! - always check ingredients

2119 Beecroft Butchers and Thornleigh (A Cut Above Fine Foods) are making delicious failsafe beef and chicken sausages which I can highly recommend. Thanks to Jennifer Berthold (Jennifer has her own failsafe blogsite http://www.scrapratdesigns.netfirms.com/blog/failsafe_blog.htm - always check ingredients

2119 Beecroft Failsafe sausages from Sam the Butcher's 3 outlets in Sydney. Contacts: Beecroft, Sam, phone 9484 7138; Bondi,Troy, phone 9389 1420; Sans Souci, Joel, phone 9583 1144. See www.samthebutcher.com.au. All meat is organic with no added chemicals, so is slightly more expensive. You need to order a minimum of 4 kilograms per batch - they are happy for customers to get together and go halves in the orders. Note that all stores are closed in Mondays, open Tuesday to Friday, 8.00am to 6pm. Saturday, 7.00am to 4pm. Sunday (Bondi only) 8.00am to 3pm. One failsafer complained about added paprika colouring (not failsafe) – check before ordering. (Thanks to Susan Bull for arranging this.) - always check ingredients

2120 Thornleigh Butchers and Beecroft (A Cut Above Fine Foods) are making delicious failsafe beef and chicken sausages which I can highly recommend. Thanks to Jennifer Berthold (Jennifer has her own failsafe blogsite http://www.scrapratdesigns.netfirms.com/blog/failsafe_blog.htm - always check ingredients

2153 Baulkham Hills Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2153 Winston Hills Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2154 Castle Hill Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2155 Rouse Hill Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2164 Wetherill Park Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2196 Roselands Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2200 Bankstown Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2219 Sans Souci Failsafe sausages from Sam the Butcher's 3 outlets in Sydney. Contacts: Beecroft, Sam, phone 9484 7138; Bondi,Troy, phone 9389 1420; Sans Souci, Joel, phone 9583 1144. See www.samthebutcher.com.au. All meat is organic with no added chemicals, so is slightly more expensive. You need to order a minimum of 4 kilograms per batch - they are happy for customers to get together and go halves in the orders. Note that all stores are closed in Mondays, open Tuesday to Friday, 8.00am to 6pm. Saturday, 7.00am to 4pm. Sunday (Bondi only) 8.00am to 3pm. One failsafer complained about added paprika colouring (not failsafe) – check before ordering. (Thanks to Susan Bull for arranging this.) - always check ingredients

2220 Hurstville Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2228 Miranda Butcher – More than Meat at Miranda does beef and chicken sausages recommended by RPA and will pack them in small packs before freezing - thanks to Sue - always check ingredients

2228 Miranda Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2250 Lisarow Failsafe sausages NSW Alan’s Quality Meats, Lisarow Plaza, Pacific Hwy, Lisarow 02 4329 3111 (Central Coast NSW) do a fantastic job, and tend to make up 5 kg lots for us when we ask. Gotta tell you they don’t actually last all that long, even though we freeze what we don’t eat straight away! – thanks to Lyn - always check ingredients

2258 Ourimbah Meats, 3/41 Pacific Hwy, Ourimbah 02 4362 1231 Steve. "has just made a few kgs of failsafe sausages for me and a friend. He wants to continue making them and is happy to do any alternatives that people might want" – thanks to Margaret

2305 New Lambton Failsafe sausages: Adam’s Family Meats, 73 Regent St, New Lambton NSW 2305 02 4952 1622 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it located at the bottom of IGA, is now doing failsafe sausages $11.99kg they come as 6 sausages per pack from the freezer or contact them for large orders, so you don’t need to buy them as 10kg lot – thanks to Linda- always check ingredients

2323 Greenhill butcher at The Pavilion, Mitchell Drive, makes the most wonderful Failsafe sausages - he's fantastic, his grandchildren follow an additive free diet – thanks to Kylie - always check ingredients update April 2011 no longer making failsafe sausages as it has been sold – thanks to Alison

2324 Raymond Terrace Butcher Stevo's Riverside Meats, 9 William Street, Raymond Terrace NSW, phone 4987 2740 will make failsafe sausages specifically for you or you can get them out of his freezer ready made. You don’t have to buy them in 10kg lots. – thanks to Kylie . Has started making FAILSAFE CHICKEN SAUSAGES, not just the meat ones and they are FANTASTIC. Thanks to Kylie - always check ingredients

2450 Coffs Harbour Palm Centre, NSW own their own farm and bring in their own lamb and beef, all is freshly slaughtered (not cryovacced). – thanks to Alison - always check ingredients

2480 Goonellabah Lombardo's Butchers, Ballina Road, – thanks Rhonda - always check ingredients.

2485 Tweed Heads Failsafe sausages Panarama meats, Panarama Plaza, Scenic Drive, Tweed Heads West, 2485,   (07)55999392- always check ingredients

2502 Warrawong Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2525 Figtree Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2529 Shellharbour Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2530 Dapto Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2560 Campbelltown Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2640 Albury The Jones St Butchery 629 Jones St, Albury NSW 2640 www.jonesstreetbutchery.com.au 02 6021 3653 will do sausages with only mince, salt and garlic. They are delicious and failsafe. - thanks to the mother in the front row

2641 Lavington Peters and Son 317 Urana Road Lavington, Albury NSW 02 6025 1796 do failsafe sausages – thanks to Vicky

2650 Wagga Wagga Butchers Knights Meats on the corner of Kincaid and Fitzmaurice St, Wagga will make failsafe sausages - thanks to Alison - always check ingredients

2650 Wagga Wagga Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products - always check ingredients

2720 Tumut Butcher - Kevin, at Franklin’s Butchery in Tumut will make 10kg of failsafe sausages, and they are delicious. – thanks to Becc - always check ingredients

2750 Penrith Failsafe sausages are available at AJ Bush & Sons butcher outlets at the following locations: Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Castle Hill, Dapto, Figtree, Gladesville, Gordon, Hurstville, Miranda, Penrith, Roselands, North Ryde, Rouse Hill, Shellharbour, Wagga Wagga x 2, Warrawong, Wetherill Park and Winston Hills. All of them will do failsafe sausages to order and some of them may have failsafe sausages in stock: http://www.ajbush.com.au/retail-products Bush's Meat in Centro Nepean Shopping Centre Station Street Penrith now stock both chicken and beef failsafe sausages (new listing – always check the recipe for yourself). The butcher said there have been a few people asking about these. They get a delivery once a week on a Friday and they always have plenty in stock. – Debra - always check ingredients

Online east coast: Farmers Meats Wingham NSW (online, delivery area is roughly Gold Coast to Katoomba, Canberra and beyond) will do Sausages Special Diet to order. ’John, the farmer, is lovely to deal with and has been delivering the meat himself recently with his wife Edna in tow. The sausages taste great, don’t split on the BBQ and you can order everything from a whole side to just sausages. This may not be good for some Amine sensitive people but it has been working well for us.’ Thanks to Larissa http://www.farmersmeats.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=195. - always check ingredients

Online east coast: Honestbeef (Beef direct from the producer at a fair price) will ship to the eastern seaboard of Australia (Mornington to Sunshine Coast), 10 and 20kg packs of freshly killed cuts of beef with direct payment to the producer. The meat is hung for 6 days, as is all beef, and reaches you within 9 days which is very fresh. It is cryovacced (vacuum packed) but only for transport. Failsafe sausages are now available and failsafers tell us they are the best sausages ever (minimum order 5kg). A great concept, not just from the failsafe point of view but also from the point of view of getting a fair price for producers. http://www.honestbeef.com.au/ - always check ingredients

NT

0820 Fannie Bay Gourmet Meats, Shop 3A Fannie Bay Place, Fannie Bay NT 0820, Phone 08 8981 2647, Fax 08.8981 5642 failsafe sausages packed frozen. - always check ingredients

QLD

4009 Eagle Farm Sausage bar: the Eagle Farm Super Butcher has been running a very successful “choose your ingredients and watch your sausages being made” bar from Wednesday to Sunday, 6 Eagle View Place, Eagle Farm QLD. 1300 002 493 www.superbutcher.com.au. As the butcher said, “most of my regulars would know I have a real problem with preservatives and additives that are in food today, so my good wife came up with a plan to design a sausage counter the same way that the juice bars have evolved”. Reminder: always check ingredients with your butcher. Their version of ‘failsafe’ may be different from yours.

4017 Brighton: Jasons Quality Meats, 10 Queens Parade, Brighton 4017, 07 3269 2049, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Reader report: Our lovely local butcher makes failsafe beef sausages as well as failsafe chicken sausages. He also has gluten and nitrate free ham. All his meat is free range (including his pork - although that of course is not failsafe!!) and he will make products to order if you ask him. – thanks to Pippa

4032 Chermside Brisbane - Rode Meats, Bi-Lo Shopping Centre, Cnr Rode Road and Appleby Road, Chermside West 3359 7425 now make and sell failsafe sausages fresh (not frozen), as they make them 4 times a week. The butcher told me that they sell over 40kg per week! They are now $9.95/kg. The chicken sausages need to be ordered specially and purchased in minimum lots of about 4kg. Chicken sausages contain chicken skin and therefore amines – you can ask for no skin but they cost more. Organised by Food Intolerance Network Brisbane(finb). Thanks so much for all of your work. – thanks to Jane - always check ingredients

4109 Sunnybank Failsafe sausages: Butcher in Brisbane Pinelands Quality Meats (Prop Les Croucher & Chard Smith), Shop 31, Centro Pinelands Shopping Centre, Cnr Beenleigh & Pinelands Rd, Sunnybank, Ph 07 3345 2027, Fax 07 3345 2022 for preservative free meats (including chicken) and happy to make up fresh "failsafe" sausages. Or you can buy readymade frozen failsafe sausages in lots of 6-8. These frozen sausages will occasionally have been frozen for up to 8 weeks. RPA guidelines say to freeze meat on the day it is purchased and eat within 4 weeks. It is important to stick to RPA guidelines during the strict elimination diet but once you are established on the diet, eating meat that has been frozen for 8 weeks occasionally is probably OK for most people except the most sensitive amine responders. Les is happy to make up fresh sausages for you if you order in advance - thanks to Leanne and Brenda - always check ingredients

4122 Mansfield Failsafe sausages Nimmo’s Meats, 28 Aminya Street, ph: 07 3349 5393 - always check ingredients

4556 Sunshine Coast Failsafe sausages on - Chancellor Park Butchery, Chancellor Park Shopping Village at Cnr University Dr and Scholars Way, Sippy Downs on the beautiful Sunshine Coast Qld 4556. - always check ingredients

4557 Mountain Creek Meats 170 Karawatha Drive, Mountain Creek 4557 (07) 5444 0855.Will make lovely sausages to your recipe, minimum 5kg. I took in Sue's recipe and was very pleased with the sausages - thanks Bonnie

4570 Gympie Butcher The butcher in the Centro Complex, Bruce Highway, Gympie makes preservative free (not failsafe) chicken and beef sausages and patties, as well as gluten-free ones. “I have now purchased them twice and found I don’t suffer the horrific headaches and fever that comes with normal sausages. - Thanks to Sue - always check ingredients

4570 Gympie Failsafe sausages. A while ago I emailed about Stewart Tce Butchery in Gympie offering failsafe sausages and we worked out the gluten free ones actually weren't FS. BUT...I have since found out they will make the FS ones specifically so here's the information: Stewart Terrace Butchery 9 Stewart Tce, Gympie QLD 4570 ph: (07) 5482 1225 - and ask for Jason. He doesn't call them failsafe sausages, just 'plain sausages with garlic and salt' (They make a variety of made to order sausages so ensure you're both talking about the same thing). Minimum order is 10kg. – thanks to Bron - always check ingredients

4700 Rockhampton Butcher Fresh meat - Norm Milner Butcher, 190 Campbell Street, Rockhampton QLD 07 4927 6616 - ask Chris for the meat that came in that day – thanks Kylie. - always check ingredients

4715 Biloela failsafe sausages CQ Quality Meats 1300 276 328 or www.cqqualitymeats.com.au .  Cliff will make them up fresh at request, also supplies heaps of other organic cuts of meat. – Thanks to Miranda

4810 Townsville Butcher makes beef and chicken gluten free/ preservative free sausages using the ingredients in your failsafe sausages: A Mays Inn Meats, High Range Rd, Kirwan QLD (Townsville), 4723 8444, open 7 days a week thanks to Sherri. - always check ingredients

4870 Cairns Butcher Mighty-Nice Meats butcher in Earlville shopping centre Cairns sells Neil's Organic's nitrate-free bacon. They also sell preservative/gluten-free sausages - while these are usually not failsafe due to spices or flavours, butchers who sell these will often make up failsafe sausages using the ‘recipe for your butcher’ from the Failsafe Cookbook. – thanks to Bernadette - always check ingredients. They currently have other ones they keep frozen which are not fs as they contain spices - thanks  Rosanna

Online Brisbane: Organic meats including nitrate-free bacon and ham in SE Qld. The Meat-ting Place is the only Certified Organic retailer and processor of meats in QLD and offers a home delivery service of their organic meats. For people who have passed their amine challenge, there is nitrate free organic ham and bacon containing only sea salt and organic beetroot for colouring. www.organicmeatdirect.com.au, Stewart Burns 07 3378 9895 - always check ingredients

SA
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5008 Croydon Park Michael is now at Shillabeer Meat Store, 217 Regency Road, Croydon Park Ph 8346 2969 - always check ingredients

5072 Magill Affordable Organics on Arthur St, Magill to buy failsafe sausages - always check ingredients

5095 Mawson's Gourmet Meats, Shop 5, 10-16 Light Common, Mawson Lakes 08 8260 1991

5112 Barossa Fine Foods (Central Market, Elizabeth and the Barossa Valley, South Australia http://www.barossafinefoods.com.au/ ) do a large range of organic meats and gluten-free sausages. “We get a lump of beef and have them mince it for us - all fat removed and packed in meal size portions - that is at the factory in Elizabeth. Organic chickens are available I think Wed to Fri - but you need to order them as they sell very quickly” – thanks to Judith - always check ingredients

5290 Mt Gambier Very Failsafe friendly sausages: Margaret Street Meats, 28 Margaret Street, MOUNT GAMBIER SA 5290, 08 8723 2003 and will freight in local area. - always check ingredients

5606 Port Lincoln Failsafe sausages Gourmet Meats in Port Lincoln make preservative and gluten free sausages (recipe in the Failsafe Cookbook), beef and chicken. However, the minimum order is 30kgs. To share in the order please submit your orders to organisers Barry and Jodie Davies on 08 86823906 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Update: there is now a sign, advertising they stock the sausages, frozen of course. – thanks to Barry and Jodie for organising this! and Kathryn for the update. - always check ingredients

5607 Coffin Bay Failsafe sausages The local butcher in Coffin Bay is happy to make up sausages to the recipe in the Failsafe Cookbook for a minimum of 10 kg (if we supply all but the meat) unless demand grows and then he may take orders for smaller amounts. He also does not use any preservative in his normal sausages so if people were just cutting out additives only they would be suitable. - always check ingredients

TAS

7005 Hobart Butcher Vermey's Quality Meats at 180 Sandy Bay Rd does preservative free Beef and Leek sausages to order and often has 1kg amounts frozen. – thanks to Diane - always check ingredients

7170 Cambridge TAS Wursthaus Factory & Wholesale. 6 Lamb Place, Cambridge 03 6248 5552 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Minimum 5kg order. Sausage mince tip: ask for some of the amount (1 or 2 kg) left as mince so that you can put the mixture into loaf pans or mini muffin pans and oven bake before eating/freezing. It’s a simple way to make tasty meatloaf for slicing or meatballs for lunchboxes or main meals. Could shape as hamburgers too. – thanks to Melinda

7250 Launceston Failsafe sausages Skelbrook Vale (free range meats) in Launceston 0419 364 838. They are happy to do up as little as a kg at a time ($10 a kg) and will make them up on Thursdays and you can then pick them up from their market stall on Sundays – thanks Belinda - always check ingredients

7310 Devonport Butcher ‘Bob Morris Butchers, in East Devonport, Tas do failsafe sausages to your requirements, in 5 kgs lots’. – thanks to Cathryn - always check ingredients

7310 East and West Devonport All Things Nice. Failsafe beef and chicken sausages made to order and failsafe bread. - always check ingredients

VIC

3031 Flemington Butcher ‘Our butcher has been making up failsafe sausages for us for the past couple of years now and is now happy to make them up for other people as well, provided they are frozen immediately. Normally we give him the dry ingredients for 10kilos and he makes them up within a few days: Newmarket Quality Meats (Flemington), 308 Racecourse Road, Newmarket Vic (talk to Tony)’ – thanks to Gabrielle - always check ingredients

3135 East Ringwood Butcher Deans Butcher Shop 78 Railway avenue East Ringwood in Vic will make sausages to your own recipe - normally only makes then on a Wednesday - can be ordered over the phone: 9870 6003, and are OK to be picked up on the Thursday. Will also make preservative free sausage meat for sausage rolls. – thanks to Donna - always check ingredients

3144 Malvern Chris at Lockie Brothers Butcher, 307 Waverley Rd, Malvern, Melbourne. - always check ingredients

3147 Ashburton: Ashburton Meats 235 High St, Ashburton VIC 03 9885 8118 have listened to the community and are now making failsafe sausages! – thanks to Lucinda (there are now 80 butchers around Australia selling Failsafe sausages – see list by postcode in link above)

3149 Mt Waverley Failsafe sausages & hamburgers, lamb, beef and chicken to order, and also does nitrite-free bacon and ham: Ozzies Gourmet Butchery, 55 Hamilton Place, Mount Waverley, VIC 3149; p: 03 9809 5208 f: 03 9809 5208 http://www.ozziesgourmetbutchery.elocal.com.au – thanks to Erica - always check ingredients

3280 Warrnambool Butcher Norfolk butchers, Norfolk Place, Shp10/ Raglan Pde, Warrnambool VIC 3280, phone 5562 4580 do frozen failsafe beef and chicken sausages. They are very very nice and are almost always available (except at Christmas time when they tend to run out). –thanks to Kerryn - always check ingredients

3619 Kyabram Jackson's Meats

3630 Shepparton Country Select Meats in High Street, talk to Kaye

WA

6009 Dalkeith Failsafe sausages Adrian Shelley, Dalkeith Village Butcher, Shop 7, 81 Waratah Ave, Dalkeith WA. Telephone and fax: 08 9386 2535. The butcher will make biodynamic meat into sausages in 5kg batches. He usually makes beef sausages containing meat, organic rice flour, salt, pepper and spice mix (ingredients unknown ???) but was happy to substitute my spices or vegies. He now sells more of these sausages than so-called normal ones. The price is $10.99 per kg. - always check ingredients

6023 Duncraig WA Torre and Mordini Gourmet Meats, Shop 17 Carine Glades shopping centre, 473 Beach Rd, Duncraig 08 9246 2399

6157 Palmyra Love me tender Butchery, now owned and run by Steve Farley 61 Carrington Street, Palmyra, ph: 9339 1091, mobile: 0416 075 364. Preservative-free, gluten-free and hormone-free products (like eggs), and will make sausages to order. They do also deliveries outside metro area, if the order is big enough. One failsafer complained that they added onion powder with HVP (not failsafe). Please check before ordering. - always check ingredients

6230 Bunbury Failsafe sausages Buckingham Meat Market, Shop 16 Bunbury City Plaza, Bunbury 6230. ph: 08 9721 3388. They make "special sausages" as per failsafe recipe and they sell preservative free mince and hormone free chicken. - always check ingredients

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