Comments on: FDA moves to ban cheese aging on wooden boards

By: Flashback: when the FDA banned Mimolette - Overlawyered

Flashback: when the FDA banned Mimolette - Overlawyered — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 11:45:03 +0000

[…] the FDA decided to ban the traditional French cheese Mimolette. More on the FDA and cheese here, here, here, […]

By: Cantor, cheese and other stuff | Questions and Observations

Cantor, cheese and other stuff | Questions and Observations — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:31:16 +0000

[…] Following an enormous outcry from cheese makers, commentators, and the general public, the agency beats a hasty retreat. Commentator/ Pepperdine lawprof Greg McNeil has the details at Forbes (and his earlier commentary on the legalities of the agency’s action is also informative). Earlier here. […]

By: A Cheesy Story | Ordinary Times

A Cheesy Story | Ordinary Times — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 13:53:42 +0000

[…] the story is getting picked up in the blogosphere. Overlawyered picks it up. FoodRepublic. The Daily Caller. Reason. Vox. Slate. Cato. Forbes. […]

By: FDA backs down on wood aging of cheese - Overlawyered

FDA backs down on wood aging of cheese - Overlawyered — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:00:05 +0000

[…] Yes! Following an enormous outcry from cheese makers, commentators, and the general public, the agency beats a hasty retreat. Commentator/ Pepperdine lawprof Greg McNeil has the details at Forbes (and his earlier commentary on the legalities of the agency’s action is also informative). Earlier here. […]

By: Wfjag

Wfjag — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:43:28 +0000

@DD:
You’ve figured it out! It’s for the children (and the Cheez Whiz).

By: This FDA Ruling Could Devasate Small U.S. Cheesemaking Businesses

This FDA Ruling Could Devasate Small U.S. Cheesemaking Businesses — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 23:30:14 +0000

[…] Critics like Walter Olson of the Cato Institute believe the real problem is the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011. He warns it will target many other small food businesses with standards that differ from larger producers. On his blog Overlawyered, Olson points out: […]

By: rxc

rxc — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:03:47 +0000

This is a good example of the type of “science” that progressives like to do. It starts with the precautionary principle, mixes in a bit of poorly-understood physical phenomena, spices it all up with mis-applied statistics, and then packages it in a childproof wrapper, at an inflated price.

All for the greater good.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:44:43 +0000

marco73: the scarier possibility is that it isn’t. That this isn’t some regulatory-capture thing, this isn’t some government-industry collusion, this isn’t some nefarious scheme to destroy the imported cheese market.

What’s scary is the possibility this is what these people think they should be doing. That this is, in the FDA’s mind, exactly what its mission is: To enforce regulations in a Procrustean manner, to eliminate the square pegs rather than finding a round hole to fit them in, to ban anything that isn’t compulsory. At least with businessmen there’s the possibility that someone will say “hey, there’s money to be made by meeting this demand”. With a holy cause there’s no negotiation, no reasoning, nobody to take to court. It’s For Your Own Good.

By: marco73

marco73 — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:16:25 +0000

I think it really comes down to one thing: if you are a really large producer of some product, you can afford to lobby your congressman to try to run smaller producers out of the market.
Cheese, taxis, whatever; the big money guys win.

This is just symptom of a government so large that it can destroy anything it wants.

By: Kimberly Schratwieser

Kimberly Schratwieser — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 05:12:23 +0000

Cedar plank anything.