Kraft challenges cheese credentials

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Kraft challenges cheese credentials

 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Kraft says it's made strides toward curing a

grating cheese dispute.

 

At issue is the time it takes to cure Parmesan cheese.

 

In Italy, the original Parmigiano Reggiano takes at least a year to

achieve fullness of flavor.

 

In the US, the standard is ten months.

 

Kraft Foods says it can do it faster, and wants the standard rolled

back to six months.

 

Kraft touts " excellent consumer acceptance. " Italians and smaller food

firms contend it's just not Parmesan if it hasn't been around for ten

months.

 

The Food and Drug Administration gets to decide whether hard, salty,

smelly cheese that's ripened for less than 10 months can still be

called Parmesan.