date:Jun 17, 2014
peer review is completed, Ball wrote.
In March, Welchs office received an email from FDA stating that wooden shelving for aging cheese was not permitted and never had been. The email reiterated Metzs points about wood not meeting good manufacturing practice standards due to its porous nature.
Cheesemakers began a public pushback in the first week of June, gaining widespread attention by the next week. Headlines interpreted the situation as FDA waging a war on the artisan cheese world.
On Jun