7 Reasons You Should Be Troubled by the FDA’s Cheese-Aging Regulations

New York Magazine ^ | 6/11/14

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Affirmative-action bureaucrats with IQs of 85 know best.

Just ask Eric Holder. He's one of them.

[colorado tanker]

Do these regulator idiots understand that cheese is basically spoiled milk?

And we really like it and it's good for us.

[TigersEye]

Fundamentally becoming a third world nation one destroyed industry at a time.

[ConorMacNessa]

Damn it to Hell! There goes my Bacon and Roquefort Burger! Oh, the humanity!

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Robert A Cook PE]

They came for the cheesemakers, but I was not a cheesemaker, so I kept quiet ...

[driftdiver]

” Small businesses would suffer. Artisans can’t compete with factories, and wood aging is their competitive advantage.”

This is the reason its being pushed. They seek to control the entire food supply.

[pgyanke]

The move would favor Big Cheese, where wood-aging is impracticable.

This needs to move up to #1 on the list...

[Gamecock]

I was living the dream! I was stripped to the waist, eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery!

[posterchild]

My local small city (<100K) already lost a high quality jerky producer due to regulations. I hope we don’t also lose our local goat cheese (much more than chèvre style) producer.

[posterchild]

Why is wood impractical for ‘big cheese?’ Are oak barrels impractical for ‘big whiskey?’

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Why is wood impractical for ‘big cheese?’ Are oak barrels impractical for ‘big whiskey?’

Bigger margin per unit?

[headstamp 2]

The FDA is doing what every out of control bureaucracy in America is currently doing. It’s trying to control every single aspect of our lives to justify their existence. These agencies are basically a shadow government accountable to none.

This is when you have a Congress mainly concerned with being re-elected rather than governing. It’s far easier to hand power over to the unelected bureaucrats of this shadow government under the guise of “regulations” rather than passing laws after open debate that would require them to be accountable to their constituents.

[Joe 6-pack]

Let the FDA proceed with the ban. Then there will be a lot of leftover wooden planks that can be burned to heat up the tar buckets...

[Hammerhead]

Settle down Costanza.

[MeshugeMikey]

we will become know as the VELVETTA among Nations!

[bgill]

Never heard of Comte et al so wouldn't miss those fancy pantsy cheeses. That said, as long as the customer knows it was made on wood then the government should back off. Same goes for kids’ lemonade stands. Our one and only grocery store carries the plastic Kraft stuff and the store brand of cheddar, mozzarella, colby and sometimes the plastic swiss. And velveeta and canned parm, if those are really cheese. It'd be nice to have more variety.

[Flick Lives]

The reason the FDA is doing this:
1. Somebody wants a payoff
2. Somebody got a payoff

[Ransomed]

Do these regulator idiots understand that cheese is basically spoiled milk?

Dude, to my understanding they don’t even let people sell cheese made from raw milk unless it’s aged for 60 days. They figure that the harmful bacteria can’t last that long. Or something. Supposedly that’s why our cheeses aren’t as good, because they try to make the stuff like Camembert that ages for 3 weeks or so with pasteurized milk which isn’t considered as making the best cheese. Or at least that’s what I have heard about it.

Freegards

[Blood of Tyrants]

Nanny government sticking its nose in again.