Cervelat was covered closely by the Swiss media and in a newspaper poll, 72% of those surveyed said the ""cervelas", as they knew it, had to be saved." The cervelat crisis was brought up in a parliamentary debate wherein state councillor and president of the Swiss Meat Association, Rolf Büttiker, spoke of the national sausage's social significance, calling it a "cult sausage" and "the worker's steak". The Swiss government entered into negotiations with the EU to seek an exception for zebu intestines, and Swiss scientists were sent to Brazil hoping to show that the intestines posed no risk of transmitting mad
Canjica (dish) with unripe cooked corn juice). Both words come from the Kikongo and/or Kimbundu languages, where they refer to similar grain porridges. This food is of African influence, firstly created by Brazilian black slaves during the colonial times. In Colombia and other Latin American countries, one dish similar to cooked corn, known as , is widespread in the traditional cuisine. Canjica (dish) ' (), ' () or () is a Brazilian sweet dish, associated with winter festivals, which in Brazil is in June (Festa Junina). The dish is a porridge made with white de-germed whole maize kernels (), cooked with milk,