US upholds ban on 'putrid' French cheese
US upholds ban on 'putrid' French cheese
As France reacts furiously to claims that the US spied on its embassy in Washington, D.C., a Transatlantic spat of a different stripe has been brewing. US officials have effectively banned the beloved mimolette cheese, labelling it “putrid” and “unfit for food.”
After a three-month blockade of more than a tonne of imported mimolette cheese at warehouses throughout the US, officials have caused disbelief by finally implementing an effective ban on the French specialty, calling it “putrid” and “unfit for food.”
A ‘charge statement’ from the Food and Drug Administration in the US claims: “The article appears to consist in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or be otherwise unfit for food.”
The furore revolves around the use of microscopic mites, deliberately introduced to the grey surface of the cheese, to refine its flavour.
FDA agents had claimed that the tiny tick-like creatures could cause allergic reactions, and in March refused to allow the cheese to pass to its final destination at specialist cheese shops across the United States.
Note: Full story at link BUT there is a pic relating to a story about a French Naturist which has a pic of nude man and woman walking away from camera. I don't think the stories are related. But it is France....
http://www.thelocal.fr/20130703/us-upholds-ban-on-putrid-french-cheese
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from 1988. 
just not THIS adventurous.
