Cheese Police Bust Bad Curds

AP via the Carolina Channel ^ | 7/11/03 | AP

[wimpycat]

ATHENS, Greece -- For most Americans, feta cheese is little more than a gourmet after-thought to be sprinkled on salads and burgers.

But it's serious business in Greece. So serious that the Agriculture Minister there is forming a "feta police" unit.

Never mind that cheese is made from sour milk -- it's one of the country's top exports. And agents will sniff out any problems before it's sent to restaurants and stores around the world. The cheese-control-squad was created following the discovery that thousands of pounds of cheese that was sent to Norway was tainted with listeria. The bacteria can cause serious illnesses. It's still not clear how the listeria contaminated the cheese or whether any of it got as far as markets before the discovery.

The minister says agents will be "merciless," in pursuit of bad cheese.

[wimpycat]

...then they came for my neighbor's cheese...and I said nothing.

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[wimpycat]

And on a lighter note...

[Catspaw]

Book 'em Dan-O!

 

[tdadams]

The minister says agents will be "merciless," in pursuit of bad cheese.

Really? Send them northwest about 1200 miles. They'll find plenty of bad cheese, along with overpriced wine, rude waiters, and silly fashions.

[nothingnew]

And to think, I had Feta on my mooseburger last night and and an ...................aaarrrrggghh....flop....

FMCDH

[Dead Corpse]

Wanted for violation of Cheese Ordnance 102 Sec 14 Para 3. Adult Male. 90 lbs. Gold pelt with black rosettes. Has affinity for dark sunglasses. Known alias: "Chester"

Artists sketch...

[brewcrew]

From a life-long Wisconsin resident, I must say that this is completely unacceptable.

[LizardQueen]

Maybe a Norwegian moose tainted the cheese.....

LQ

[Arthur McGowan]

The bacteria can cause serious illnesses.

Typical illiterate reporter. He means "bacterium." Just as one says, "The barn is infested with mice. The animal can bankrupt a farmer with his voracious appetite."

[Fawnn]

Send them northwest about 1200 miles. They'll find plenty of bad cheese, along with overpriced wine, rude waiters, and silly fashions.

Cops are never around when -- and where -- you need 'em, are they?

[wimpycat]

Oh, so now you're helping the Cheese Police? Well, he's not here. I swear.(Grrrrrrrrrr......shhhhhhh!) And no, you can't search the house, not without a warrant, bub, and maybe still not even then...no, that was nobody but my cat, and she has bronchitis.

[BenLurkin]

Okay, is this the moose that bit your sister's cheese?

[Dead Corpse]

LOL...