Posted on 03/12/2014 1:14:06 PM PDT by Red Badger
WASHINGTON – Errico Auricchio produced cheese with his family in Italy until he brought his trade to the United States more than 30 years ago. Now, the European Union is saying his cheese isn't authentic enough to carry a European name.
As part of trade talks, the EU wants to ban the use of names like Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola on cheese made in the United States. The argument is that the American-made cheeses are shadows of the original European varieties and cut into sales and identity of the European cheeses.
Auricchio, president of Wisconsin-based BelGioioso Cheese Inc., says he has no idea what he would call his Parmesan if he had to find a new name.
"I Can't Believe It's Not Parmesan," he jokes.
The Europeans say Parmesan should only come from Parma, Italy, not from Auricchio's plant or those familiar green cylinders that American companies sell. Feta should only be from Greece, they say, even though feta isn't a place. The EU argues it "is so closely connected to Greece as to be identified as an inherently Greek product."
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Somebody call Jim Roquefort to investigate.
‘Okay’ seems to be a universal word that is not explicitly American in nature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay
Brie and to the point........
Stop us.
To a European, ‘American’ Cheese isn’t even cheese...........
They could ban all imports of cheese from America that bear labels with the offending names..........
“Stop us.”
...please, please...before I get shredded.
Who cares, we will eat it here.
You are too funny
It seems to work on wife when she is bleu.
I find the entire topic to be rather grating.
More cheese for us!...........unless Moochelle gets it banned..............
This whole subject smells funny.
Who cut the cheese?
Different labels could go on exports, if the destination insists. After all we don’t want to hurt EU cottage industries or cream them or ricotta them as unworthy.
(Would it work to add “style” to the name, as is the US custom, e.g. Parmesan style?)
I don’t think your argument passes Meunster.
My hair’s gettin’ gruyere and gruyere, too.
Gouda stinks like my dad’s sweaty feet.
I doubt they'd want to.
“‘Okay’ seems to be a universal word that is not explicitly American in nature.”
Always remember, good FRiend, that wikipedia is infested with left wing Nazis and Commies who lie, all the time and always.
Cheers, good buddy.
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