No dragons were used in making these sausages

The makers of Welsh Dragon Sausages were warned they could face legal action if they did not specify which meat they were using.

"I don't think any of our customers actually believe that we use dragon meat", said Jon Carthew, of the Black Mountains Smokery at Crickhowell, after receiving a warning letter from trading standards officers.

Mr Carthew has now added the word pork to labels for the 200,000 sausages he makes a year from pork, leek and chilli and he has been told that no further action will be taken.

"We use the word dragon because it is synonymous with Wales and because of the heat with the chilli. To add the word pork means it loses its marketing appeal," he said.

A spokesman for Powys council said: "I don't think anyone would imagine that dragon meat was being used but we would not want vegetarians to buy the sausages believing they were meat-free."