375lbs of illegal cheese seized

[ruiner4u]

A Southern California couple is facing criminal charges after allegedly being caught with 375 pounds of “bathtub” cheese at an open-air market in San Bernardino County, the California Department of Food and Agriculture says.

Floribel Hernandez Cuenca, 29, and Manuel Martin Sanchez Garrido, 44, of Montclair, were arrested for selling a variety of unlicensed cheeses to the public. Ms. Cuenca was also arrested on felony cheese making charges.


The 375 pounds of seized illegal cheese included panela, queso fresco and queso oxaca varieties, the CDFA says. It was a significant find, the department says.

http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=6794





Felony cheese making charges!!! LOL!!!

[SeattleGirl]

1. Felony cheese making charges?????

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Crabby Appleton]

48. Watcha in for kid? Felony cheese making nt

[eppur_se_muova]

53. Oh, the shame! the shame! nt

[Inchworm]

2. I have luckily escaped all charges

of felony cheese cutting.

The dog, however, was not so fortunate :P

:hi:

[fizzgig]

3. *blink*

:wtf:

[GOPisEvil]

5. The FDA takes food safety seriously.

I'd rather not eat cheese made in someone's fucking bathtub.

[fizzgig]

8. did i say it should shouldn't be taken seriously?

[GOPisEvil]

9. Whoa...easy there.

I wasn't in attack mode. I was just stating a fact.

[fizzgig]

10. and neither am i

:)

[GOPisEvil]

13. OK

Don't make me start chucking the bathroom cheese up in here. :P

Smilie edit.

[fizzgig]

15. ewwwwwww

:D

[GOPisEvil]

17. I meant bathtub, but bathroom is WAY funnier.

:rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

4. Mmmmm cheese

Was it the maggot kind?

[Danger Mouse]

12. i don't love you anymore

:puke:

[BarenakedLady]

16. *sob*

:cry:

[Danger Mouse]

23. what on earth is that?

:scared:

[jmowreader]

24. The Italian version of balut

Specifically, it's casu marzu. To make this scrumptious (d%) delicacy, they introduce cheese fly larvae to the cheese. They grow to adulthood, eating the cheese as they go.

Yes, it is as disgusting as it sounds.

[bicentennial_baby]

25. Don't forget the goggles!

:rofl:

Gotta love the Italian maggot cheese that requires eye protection :D

[Danger Mouse]

40. that is the most disgusting thing i've ever heard today.

:puke:

[Pushed To The Left]

6. "Bathtub cheese" could mean so many things, none of them good

Yuck! I don't like cheese (unless it's pizza or Kraft macaroni. I'm weird.), so maybe I'm not a good one to ask, but I don't think anybody wants "bathtub cheese" on their menu!

[Deja Q]

7. Isn't bathtub cheese made with water and head cheese?

:hide:

[zabet]

36. Technically...

water and 'fromunda' cheese.

:puke:

[Danger Mouse]

11. ewww bathtub cheese...fuckin gross

:puke:

[Ellen Forradalom]

14. I think "bathtub" was used as a reference to "bathtub gin"

the word for moonshine in Prohibition. I don't think they literally mean made in a bathtub.

[Inchworm]

18. That was my impression too

I've also heard of "bathtub crank."

Same diference

:applause:

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Agreed

I think this is probably just about homemade cheese, like so many people make. I'm going to start making my own soon, in fact. :)

[Inchworm]

21. That's why I went with the shameless

fart joke.

I must repent now or just hang my head.

:hi:

[alarimer]

20. In order to combat this scourge, the FDA will now require you to show ID

at the dairy case. You can only buy two gallons of milk at a time. And NO curds and whey.

[DarkTirade]

22. No curds? No whey dude, that's discrimination!

[Dr. Strange]

26. It's not Illegal Cheese--

it's undocumented cheese!

[Akoto]

27. They'd better have a gouda excuse.

[Kali]

28. ...

:spray:

:spank:

[Danger Mouse]

41. i'd expect cheddar of you.

how can you make jokes at a time like this, you muenster?

[Capn Sunshine]

29. Damn Cheese making on a par with Heroin possession and murder?

They must need to fill those private prisons pretty badly.

[freethought]

30. Yes. I'm sure that illegal cheese ranks up there

with crystal meth and heroin. Score one for justice!!!

[cuke]

35. Don't laugh

My brother was hooked on illegal cheese, and what it did to his body was unbelievable

[Heidi]

31. Well, there goes fondue season in Southern California.

Bummer.

[regnaD kciN]

32. Must be going to fans of The Scrappy Underdog Colorado Rockies...

...who could use a little cheese with their whine. :evilgrin:

[TheMightyFavog]

33. This goes to show how inferior California Cheese is.

In Wisconsin, these two would have been publicly executed.

We take our cheese seriously here in the Badger State.

Which is why we always tend to kick California's ass at cheese competitions.

[cuke]

34. *** NEWS UPDATE ***

After further investigation, the police have said that Ms Cuenca and Mr Garrido are now also facing large fines and additional criminal charges in relation to another of the couple's home-based businesses, La creme de la creme, a drop-off/pick-up diaper laundering service.

A source close to the investigation has reported that the charges and fines were due to multiple sanitation violations, animal cruelty statutes and described a shocking scene. "There must have been at least a dozen bathtubs filled with whey and dirty diapers, and" he stuttered with barely concealed contempt, "and then we saw the animals. Suspended from a pulley attached to the ceiling with their feet flailing in their efforts to free themselves." Further investigation revealed that the animals could be lowered until their flailing feet agitated the whey and diaper filled bathtubs.

Customers arriving at the home of the couple to pick up their diapers were shocked to learn of the unsanitary conditions. "How dare they wash my Brittany's diapers in a vat a whey. They're 400 thread count linen!"

And to the surprise of many, a group of people who have bought some of their cheese over the Internet have banded together in defense of the couples cheese making business and started a website and a legal defense fund named "Cheese Retailers Are Persecuted, Can't You Rapidly Deregulate".

Their web site's homepage (www.crapcurd.org) claims that scores of their customers have posted on their comments section in support of the couple. Excerpts read

"The truth is, these problems are much more likely to occur from large scale, inspected operations. Would somebody please point out the last time an e. coli, salmonila, or lestiria outbreak has been traced to ANY small producer, licensed or unlicensed."

"...the only reason this is being strictly enforced is to protect the multinationals. Homemade cheese exists around the world, tastes better, and doesn't have all the chemical crap added to it. This "bust" is much ado about nothing. Besides, no one could make a cheese like Manuel and Floribel. Their panela was to die for"

But not everyone was pleased, "Ewwwww, I like cheese, but not cheese someone made in their used bathtub. I prefer my cheese to not have come into contact with someone(s) butt. " wrote "Adam Geldingsma". Rising to the couples defense, the couple's supporters fought back

"Kramer did this on Seinfeld, and there were no problems. What's with all the germophobes" Wesley angrily responded. The ensuing tsunami of rage was only just beginning.

"This is just one symptom of a greater problem. In the coming decades, America is going to have to decide if it's going to a hypermilitarized nanny state, or return to a free nation-one where consenting adults can smoke pot or tobacco, move where and when they want, and (I can't believe this is an issue) making cheese. Freaking *cheese*. For pity's sake, it's JUST CHEESE!! Kawamura can take his "serious threat to public health," and cram it, hard. "

Brian Rakita, adding to the fire said "I would bet dollars to cents that the word "bathtub" in this case is used as a synonym for "home made" and has nothing to do with cheese production in a bathing facility. "

But then, cooler heads prevailed. "I suspect that the most significant cause of this arrest is the word 'unlicensed.' Cheese isn't made in the bathtub, and these particular cheeses are pretty easy to make. I do think that inspections of their facilities are in order, but if the cheeses came out tasting right I think it unlikely that there were other bacteria involved besides the ones that were supposed to be involved. If your cheese goes bad you know it."

Police officials have promised a thorough investigation and then confusingly added "There's no whey to hide in an investigation of this portion".

[Kali]

44. ...

:toast: :yourock: :rofl: :applause:

[Beetwasher]

37. Frumunda Cheese?

You know, frumunda my nuts...

Yeah, I guess selling that should be illegal.

[lightningandsnow]

38. I didn't know you could get arrested for having a cheese lab.

Or maybe they had some of that magical pseudoephedrine in it?

[SoxFan]

39. It included this cheese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-is6S_b_g

[Burma Jones]

42. Take 'em a-whey boys.............

[Fire Walk With Me]

43. If you make cheese illegal, only criminals will have cheese!

:cry:

:rofl:

[carly denise pt deux]

45. so these spanish guys were yelling to the cops 'HEY, THAT IS NOT YO (nacho) CHEESE'

OMG has our country gone outer limits?!?!?!?!
The war on illegal cheese on the next oprah
Carly

[SPKrazy]

46. ...

:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Xipe Totec]

47. Meanwhile, Illegal haggis and gefilte fish goes unchecked! nt

[Generic Brad]

49. If you take a hot cheese bath does that make you fondue?

Or do you have to be on a skewer to qualify?

[Xipe Totec]

51. Don't know, but head cheese is a capital offense. nt

[Xipe Totec]

50. Cheese it fellas, it's the fuzz!

:rofl:

[AngryAmish]

52. My sister's friend writes about food for the WSJ

A few years ago she wrote about all the illegal cheeses available in NYC. Mostly unpastuerized stuff from Europe.

She had to do research and my sister got to eat a lot of great cheese on the Wall St. Journal's dime.

That said, bad cheese can make you really sick.

[DBoon]

54. 375 lbs!

I didn't think there were that many disco albums from the 70's still left.

Ofh, you meant the OTHER type of cheese...