So… fake cheese gets you jail time, but not wrecking the economy?
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Nor are they heads.
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Why is something that happened in 2012 just now news?
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Bonus point for putting it back into the Kraft jar and then serving it to guests. I do that all the time and I just love their reaction. 
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I lived off Romano from this place when I went to Rome. Deliciously salty and tangy. Cheap: Bread and cheese were about the only affordable thing but that’s all I needed. It was so good. and the staff were very friendly to the American tourists. This is the good stuff. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Antica+Caciara/@41.8856379,12.4716442,21z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0xf29c65dd2662e851
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So the actual scandal here is that manufacturers are adulterating (or completely replacing) their “parmesan” with cheaper cheeses and/or larger-than-normal amounts of cellulose, without labeling accordingly. That’s fraud, obviously, and should be stopped and punished, but I wish the focus was on the facts rather than going “WOOD PULP” as if food-grade cellulose is something they scrape out of a sawmill, rather than a perfectly normal and safe (and desirable, in small quantities) food additive.
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Right? Cheese can be so binding without that extra bit of fiber.
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Come on, man! It’s cheese.
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So… People actually bought pre-grated parm in a can and expected it to not taste like sawdust?
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Except it’s NOT cheese.
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Wouldn’t this be healthier than eating that much cheese? Plus, a good source of fiber.
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Ahora con mas Putrescina!
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that’s used as an anti-clumping agent.
It used to be way worse.
http://www.amazon.com/Swindled-History-Poisoned-Counterfeit-Coffee/dp/0691138206
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(actually, perhaps a lesson is to be had here. Don’t buy wheels from Williams Sonoma if you want to cheap out)
85 cents a pound
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Well, they do use whale crap in perfume.
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What do you expect for a misdemeanor?
I’m a little maudlin… I feel I’ve contributed just a smidge to the food jokes and posts over the years…
I’d like to thank the a-cod-amy on this delicious occassion. I frankly breem with pride. I feel the need to cuttle with my close friends, and perhaps squirt some ink onto a page or two.
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5 cents a pound
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Linked warning dated 2013. Closeout letter linked in original document dated 2014. Old old old news. Resolved issue. Move along, nothing to see here.
