Posted on 01/31/2006 7:31:19 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Authorities seized 600 pounds of "bathtub cheese" from a small ranch in southwest Riverside County last week.
The seizure of the illegally produced cheese was one of the largest on record in California, according to the Department of Food and Agriculture.
The cheese was seized last Saturday by a multiagency task force that included CDFA officers, Ontario police and Riverside and San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies. Also seized were wooden cheese presses, molds and other items used in production. Two men at the ranch were cited for illegal cheese production.
Officials refer to illegally produced cheese as "bathtub cheese" because of the often unsanitary conditions in which it is made.
Dirty production techniques encourage the growth of harmful bacteria such as salmonella and listeria, which pose serious health risks, according the the CDFA.
CDFA spokesman Steve Lyle said he didn't know where this cheese was being sold. But illegally produced cheese is most commonly sold on the streets and at open-air markets, he said.
- Rod Leveque, (909) 483-9325
Here we go....
yuck!
Yep, got that meth thing solved last week.
Sometimes there's this stuff that grows on the inside of the bathtub. But I never knew that it was edible. Thanks for the tip!
Words fail me.....so I decided the only thing I could do was shake my head and laugh....LOL
Oh boy, I can see it now. 50 years from now one of the top sports will be a racing series founded mostly by cheeserunners.
Drink wine in the bath tub is OK, Cheese no.... There is a joke here some where about the holes (bubbles) is swiss cheese.
Wensleydale?
Betcha a thousand dollars this was some kind of Mexican cheese. They have some cheeses that are ready in a day or three
Blessed are the cheesemakers!
Next year's "Best Picture"
When they outlaw bathtub cheese...only outlaws will have bathtub cheese.
I'm just hoping the authorities don't discover my bathtub yogurt factory.
Is this similar to "head cheese"?
Oh ewww....
Almost as bad as bathtub BBQ sauce.
Smegma Brand Cheese
"Keeping America safe from Cheese is our Number 1 Priority", said Bullwinkle J. Moose, current director of the Cheese Enforcement Administration (CEA).
In the middle east, if they catch you with bathtub cheese, they hang you....that is what we should do...we have to stop this problem now!!! (/sarcasm)
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