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Article: FEATURE/New Roquefort Lovers Website Airs Beefs O Food Tariffs.
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- September 10, 1999
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ARMONK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Sept. 10, 1999--
Roquefort Cheese Taken Hostage in Food Fight;
Roquefort Lovers Petition President and Hillary Clinton
Roquefort lovers have had enough. Of the government, that is, not of their favorite cheese.
Faced with punishing government tariffs on Roquefort and the prospect of depleted supplies by the Millennium, cheese lovers across the country are uniting at www.roquefortlovers.com.
The new website was launched this month to rally against the tariff and petition the government to repeal it. "Roquefort cheese has been taken hostage in a food fight," said Joe Gellert, president of World's Best Cheeses and ...