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Article: COMPETITION STIFF BEHIND CHEESE WHEEL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHEESE CONTEST.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2004
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Byline: Jason Stein Wisconsin State Journal
Semitrailer loads of cheese and butter have been rolled into Monona Terrace for this week's international cheese competition, ending a journey that took hundreds of foreign entries into the bellies of airplanes, past biosecurity red tape and into the mouths of judges.
Cheese and butter makers from Wisconsin and around the globe spent thousands to ship their products to the World Championship Cheese Contest in hopes of a gold medal and a better hold on the American market.
Swiss dairies paid at least $5,000 to ship more than 40 entries by airplane, said contest judge Anton Schmutz, head of the Swiss ...