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    Raj
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      #1086153
      BioTech
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        Why is cheese smuggling an arrestable offence then? Or is it because he didn’t pay some sort of customs charge on it?

        #1086179
        Shit Robot
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          Maybe we see Healines about Illicit cheese sweeping accross the Rave Scene Soon!:laugh_at:

          #1086150
          General Lighting
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            BioTech wrote:
            Why is cheese smuggling an arrestable offence then? Or is it because he didn’t pay some sort of customs charge on it?

            yep, its dutiable goods and the duty charges on cheese are actually very complicated in some countries – often it depends on the type of cheese, how much comptetition there is with local markets and what the cheese is being used for.

            There are also checks for health reasons, and to ensure that in EU countries farmers are not claiming double subsidies on cheese or bulking it out with cheaper blends or less nutritious ingredients such as caesin(sp?).

            in the UK there is a database kept of “all known UK cheese manufacturers”. (in common with all EU countries)

            #1086154
            BioTech
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              General Lighting wrote:
              in the UK, in common with all EU countries there is a database kept of “all known UK cheese manufacturers”.

              Maintained by the “serious cheese squad” ??

              #1086180
              Shit Robot
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                :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:

                #1086157
                Raj
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                  GL casein

                  #1086167
                  Tank Girl
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                    I love cheese :love:

                    #1086178
                    BigAndy
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                      HA, Truck siezed due to illicit cheese.raaa raaa

                      #1086151
                      General Lighting
                      Moderator

                        Britains “cheese squad” is based in Exeter. In my last job I had to speak to a few of their managers – they also send inspectors to dairy farms to ensure the cows are being looked after.

                        #1086155
                        globalloon
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                          General Lighting wrote:
                          Britains “cheese squad” is based in Exeter. In my last job I had to speak to a few of their managers – they also send inspectors to dairy farms to ensure the cows are being looked after.

                          :weee:

                          i love cheese … i might have to find out where they are based and butter them up

                          :hiding:

                          #1086168
                          Tank Girl
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                            globalloon wrote:
                            :weee:

                            i love cheese … i might have to find out where they are based and butter them up

                            :hiding:

                            :laugh_at: :laugh_at:

                            :bounce_fl :bounce_g: we could have a ‘cheese’ party!! :bounce_fl :bounce_g:

                            #1086158
                            Raj
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                              i can bring the cheesey tunes :groucho::shy::shy::shy:

                              :crazy_fre:crazy_fre:crazy_fre:crazy_fre:crazy_fre

                              #1086169
                              Tank Girl
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                                I’ll bring the ‘fondue set’ :love:

                                #1086159
                                Raj
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                                  yuuuumm

                                  i am jealous; cheesey tunes is as close as i am supposed to get to cheese:cry::cry::cry: it was aggravating my asthma:hopeless: [which is much much better now :weee:]

                                  #1086170
                                  Tank Girl
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                                    oh no!!!
                                    Thats bad man, I think I would actually have to be detoxed from cheese if I had to stop it is my staple diet (mmmm Healthy lady!)

                                    #1086160
                                    Raj
                                    Participant

                                      he he he

                                      that was me too [many pints of milk and lots of cheese too:hopeless:]

                                      oh well never mind

                                      gone from having to carry inhalers always to being able to forget where i put them which is fantastic :bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl
                                      raaaraaaraaaraaaraaa

                                      #1086156
                                      Acidfairy
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                                        Bummer hun…. i couldn’t live without my staple diet of cheese toasties haha can’t remember how many of them i ate when i was at yours that time haha

                                        #1086171
                                        Tank Girl
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                                          raj wrote:
                                          gone from having to carry inhalers always to being able to forget where i put them which is fantastic :bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl
                                          raaaraaaraaaraaaraaa

                                          think i’d even give it up if that was the case :hopeless:

                                          #1086161
                                          Raj
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                                            it was not a welcome thought but i thought i would give it a fair go

                                            the only times i have wheezed in the last 4 weeks or so have been when i have had too much milk [gave up cheese entirely:hopeless:] which is in my tea:yawn:

                                            my next mission is going to have to be to either give up milk in my tea or the whole tea thing altogether:hopeless::hopeless::hopeless: i am going to be lost without my comfort teas [ i am down to 4 or less a day now from 10+ a day some days….]

                                            #1086172
                                            Tank Girl
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                                              my friend has the same sort of thing with psoriosis (?spelling)

                                              it’s mad just the small ammount of milk in tea / coffee can do to his skin, and wheat in bread.. not nice
                                              he switched to herbal tea’s after he got his head round the whole macho thing (as he’s a fireman and they seriously took the piss for a while (DUH))

                                              #1086162
                                              Raj
                                              Participant

                                                psoriasis is the spelling

                                                its a bummer when you work out what is triggering stuff like psoriasis and asthma as giving it up sounds easier than it is [go check food labelling for ‘hidden’ milk in stuff it would never occur to you to put milk in :you_crazy:you_crazy:you_crazy]

                                                a long tima ago i realised that sodium metabisulphates triggered my asthma and was very depressed when i took stock of all the stuff it was found in that i used to like

                                                #1086173
                                                Tank Girl
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                                                  raj wrote:
                                                  a long tima ago i realised that sodium metabisulphates triggered my asthma and was very depressed when i took stock of all the stuff it was found in that i used to like

                                                  what kind of stuff is that then?

                                                  #1086163
                                                  Raj
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                                                    just about every diluting juice on the market at the time, many fizzy pops and some ‘fruit’ drinks

                                                    basically it was water and pure fruit juice or nothing:cry::cry::cry:

                                                    its still found in amny drinks even today despite the fact it can be a common asthma trigger but at least it is on the label, not like then when you had to carry around a list of bad E numbers which i needed to avoid:you_crazy:you_crazy:you_crazy

                                                    #1086166
                                                    glittertrauma
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                                                      god almight, you have my sympathy. Most of us neber stop to think how lucky we are to bele to shovel all manner of random crap down us. Perhaps some days they’ll discover an alternative? On the bright side it probabaly makes you a damn sight healthier than a lot of people! x

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