date:Aug 29, 2014
The Swiss have been producing cheese since at least the Middle Ages - with the first medieval mention of it dating to 1115. Today, makers of Emmental, Tete, Gruyere and other varieties must adhere to strict rules to guarantee purity. That raises production costs and means consumers pay a higher price.
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It also opens the door to cut-rate forgeries falsely claiming to be made in Switzerland according to the countrys stringent standards, and compounds the challenge producers already