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Peter Huebner

In article . com>,
says...
>
> Interestingly, there have been cultural clashes in this regard, as some
> traditional Chinese practices don't meet local standards. Most
> notably, hanging roasted ducks in the open at room temperature is
> deemed to be unhealthful. Chinese restaurateurs and deli operators
> countered that they'd been doing it that way for hundreds of years
> without a lot of people keeling over. Politicians get involved.
> Some folks on either side get outraged. Other folks find it
> entertaining political theater. Compromises are reached. -aem
>
<chuckle>

Once politicians (and often 'senior civil servants') get involved, things often
turn into custard.

Here in New Zealand, for instance, the authorities at some point got hold of
the idea that pasteurizing milk is A Good Thing. Henceforce, they made it
illegal for any cheese to be manufactured from un-pasturized milk (with the
argument that this was to prevent listeria - which is BS because listeria gets
into cheese at the *other* end of the process, but never mind). They have put
cheese factories out of business because their receipes no longer worked; Dutch
and Swiss boutique cheesemakers are not allowed to use traditional recipes ...
this has been going on since before the 80ies when I moved here, and they are
absolutely immovable about it. Compromises will not be reached. <sigh>

If there's one thing I miss here, it's good European cheese.

-P.

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