Thread: Cheese, you said cheese ? ALARM !

This morning, my wife just pointed to me an alarming news for all French cheese lovers in the USA: http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/0..._de_citea.html

It seems that the raw milk cheese because of its high percentage of water content will soon be banned from the USA... if this is true, and if you are a French cheese lover, you will soon be listed among the endangered species... too bad... for once I'm happy to live in Europe (even if I miss almost all the good bargains in the BST).

BTW I like the idea of the FDA finding that a raw milk cheese from France can contain potentially harmful pathogens and thus be forbidden, but not the cigarettes, which are truly known not to harm in any way the human beings... maybe some financial issues...

It's all BS anyway. I wish I could get plain old RAW milk. Its better for you than the stuff from the store but thats banned too, in my area.

In the words of Red Forman "bunch of dumbasses"

YEAH another Red Forman fan.
When my daughters start dating (luckily, this is still a long time) I will go for the 'Red Forman approach to dealing with boyfriends'. That man is my hero.
The funny thing is that my wife is already convinced I will be like that.


EDIT: oh and I pity the Americans for not being able to eat real cheese anymore. But surely the FDA knows what's best for you, no?

Who says the Americans can't eat real cheese? Who's to stop me, or anyone for that matter from making cheese from the milk of my goats, or the milk from my neighbors cow? No one, thats who! I'll share it with my neighbors while I'm at it!

You are right of course. I meant not being able to eat French cheese.

Originally Posted by Bruno

You are right of course. I meant not being able to eat French cheese.

Who wants French cheese anyways?

Originally Posted by JMS

Who wants French cheese anyways?

Maybe if we can call them Freedom Cheese ?

Originally Posted by Ockham

Maybe if we can call them Freedom Cheese ?

This is a bunch of crap. If I want to eat a cheese that has more than 67% moisture content I don't want anyone stopping me. I think the FDA should worry themselves with something more important than stopping me from getting delicious cheese.

Originally Posted by Bruno

You are right of course. I meant not being able to eat French cheese.

I don't even know how the FDA regulates. Can the FDA ban the actual ingestion of French cheese? Or do they only ban its sale, and/or distribution, and/or importation, etc. Or do they (as Bruno suggests) actually ban the ability to eat French cheese? This would probably mean banning the ability to eat anything at all, unless they plan on putting some sort of French cheese filter valve in the stomachs of every U.S. citizen. I guess I'll be sipping my FDA-approved dinner through a straw if they have their way