A voluntary "sausage tax" has been introduced to help fund a campaign to secure protected status for Lincolnshire's famous bangers.
Participating butchers in the county are asking customers to pay an extra five pence when they buy the sausages.
Lincolnshire Sausage Association, which wants to secure Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), is behind the scheme.
If approved, only bangers made in the county using the correct recipe could be called Lincolnshire sausages.
According to the association, a Lincolnshire sausage should contain a minimum 70% of coarse ground or minced pork, packed in natural casings and flavoured with sage.
Chairman Janet Godfrey claims the description is currently being misapplied.
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