Cheese fit for a dog
By Madsen on Regulation - Adam Smith Blog
A Czech farmer's goat's cheese does not meet the rules imposed by the EU since his country joined it in May. The Telegraph today "target="new">reports that it would cost him about £64,000 to build "a changing room, bathroom and lavatory, a cheese production room, a cellar in which to store the cheese as it ripens, and a packing room."
Since the farmer. Mr Haiek, makes about 3 or 4 kilos of cheese a day in his kitchen, leaving it to ripen in his cellar, his weekly earnings of about £97 hardly justify the investment. So he advertises that his cheese has failed to meet EU norms and sells it as animal fodder. Meanwhile,
Armies of health inspectors have taken to standing outside the farm, interviewing customers about what they plan to do with the cheese. One customer, a pensioner living in a one-bedroom flat whose only pet was a goldfish, denied eating it himself, saying it was for a neighbour's dog.
Presumably like other EU bureaucrats they have nothing better to do. Now the officials are trying to claim that because it is mixed with herbs and spices, the cheese is unfit for animal consumption either.
Those who can think of better things to do for those who implement the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, and better ways of spending its money, are invited to make suggestions. |
