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True, but I doubt that banning this one very specific cheese (that is much less known than Roquefort in the US) is due to trade negotiations. Even the German m

• kergonath 6y ago
  You’re right, in this instance apparently some customs agents did not like the look of one batch. My memory is a bit hazy, and finding details is difficult. The report is fantastic though, you can feel the disgust of the officer who wrote it: — The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it the article appears to consist in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or be otherwise unfit for food. — https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/importrefusals/index.cfm https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/importrefusals/index.... There are actually a bunch of things that are not entirely compliant with EU regulations but get some kind of exemption because they are traditional, and usually not produced in large quantities. Sometimes they can be produced but not sold, like the casu marzu mentioned elsethread.