[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)

[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?’

[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.

[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

[Blood of Tyrants]

Nanny government sticking its nose in again.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“There’s not much science backing the FDA up.”

There is never any science backint the FDA. They are minions of the Big Drug and Big Agriculture industries. They do what they are told by their ‘financiers’. And remember, the High Muckettymucks at the FDA are there because of a revolving door policy with Big Pharma.

[kvanbrunt2]

who cut the cheese man

[G Larry]

Oh GOOD!

Another BS “rule” I can violate with impunity.

Can’t wait to milk those dwarf goats!

[americas.best.days...]

Government cheese, indeed.

[docbnj]

Cheese is a great discovery, and a sure sign of civilization, like the discovery of wine and beer, or the growing of rice.

It is controlled spoilage which acts a method of preserving food. The principle is that good, selected microbes keep out the others, and help prevent the total degradation of the food. Korean fermented kim-chi uses the same principle, and enabled the ancient Koreans to have a preserved source of Vitamin C all through the winter.

Good, smelly cheese is a delight. Artificial “processed” cheese (which I am ashamed to say is sometimes called American cheese), especially that coming in separately wrapped slices, is simply not the real thing.

Try Liederkranz from Wisconsin. Let it age for about four to six weeks after you buy it, until it starts softening and turning yellow. It is one of life’s great pleasures.

[Chode]

but, but, i thought RATS like cheese???

[drunknsage]

The FDA has annoumce it will work with Cheese makers to clarify the rules. This is being done thanks to harmful bacteria outbreaks like listeria. I did some research and the FDA has announced they aren’t citing people for having wooden curing boards.

Our cheese is fine, for now, be we should stay on this and make sure the rules get fixed for cheese makers