Posted on 09/09/2014 8:33:05 AM PDT by Rusty0604
According to The Week, the FDA is out to regulate away our freedom to partake in French cheese:
New FDA restrictions on the levels of harmless bacteria found in imported cheese have effectively banned a number of artisan French cheeses, including Roquefort, Morbier, and Tomme de Savoie. The restricted bacteria already exist in the human stomach, and the banned cheeses have not changed their recipes for years.
While the restriction is already affecting imports, domestic cheese producers are under the FDA gun, too. Raw milk cheesemakers may be put out of business over a change they say is capricious at best. “There was no health risk in all the years we operated” under the old regulations, says David Gremmels of Rogue Creamery in Oregon, “We look at this as an arbitrary change.”
The new rules have resulted in holds even on super-safe Parmigiano Reggiano...Highly praised artisanal cheese makers in the United States are facing shutdown as well.
They told us this administration was going to be run by wine and cheese faculty liberals. Now where are they when they could actually do us some good?
Zing! But this particular FDA overreach is not just a freedom of gruyere issue, it may have reaching health implications as well. Cary Bryant, microbiologist and cheesemaker, told The Week that the new restrictions could be detrimental to public health:
“People need some microbial diversity in their life. This is going to create people with immune systems that can never handle anything.” In addition to no microbial diversity, if the FDA persists in this measure, we may simply have no cheese: Even aged parmesan — which is about as safe as cheese can be — has come under scrutiny thanks to the ban.”
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They also approved chicken being sent to China for processing and brought back being labelled “Product of USA”
So when people are dropping like flies...
The ironic thing is that while the FDA is attempting to protect us from unruly bacteria, they are actively allowing ebola and other diseases to infiltrate our borders.
actually I have about 5-6 cans of it on my "emergency" shelf. Next to the 6-10 cans of canned tuna and two cases of bottled water.
It is not the best tasting stuff in the world,but in a pinch....
I also eat Roguefort. My favorite treat is Roquefort on a saltine with a martini.
My point was that although similar cheeses are produced elsewhere, EU law dictates that only those cheeses aged in the natural Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon may bear the name Roquefort.
It is similar to why Champagne or Smithfield Ham made elsewhere than Champagne, France, or Smithfield, Virginia cannot bear the name.
The best thing for the entire World much less the USA is to ban Democrats from ever holding any sort of government position. It’s just natural for them to abuse their authority.
So if it called “bleu cheese” it is made elsewhere?
People who eat in cheap restaurants; off roach-coaches; or eat at a low to mid level catered events?
Kids whose mothers serve them a 'chicken salad' sandwich?
As a student in the 60s/early 70s, when supermarket rotisseries were not common, I bought and ate a lot of whole canned chickens.
They wouldn't be importing it if there wasn't a market.
Be thankful you're not part of it; I know I am, and miss it not one bit.
Control the food supply, and you control the populace. That is what this is all about.
How long before we are lining up at UN trucks patiently waiting for our rations?
No whey!
See my #28.
If she’s making cheese, sounds like it’s time for a bath.
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