Head cheese, often known as brawn, is a European cold cut. Souse is a vinegar-pickled variation of the dish.
Is it possible to freeze hog head cheese?.What is the origin of the name “head cheese”?.I'm pretty sure it is an 80% of the stuff out there is safe but 20% is unsafe so customs just tackles all 100% as unsafe to prevent mistakes. Something that is deemed unfit for human consumption may get a pass elsewhere.
Things like temperatures, packaging, labelling, etc are important when it comes to food safety. Also, I believe that it is the whole transport of such meat/agriculture products. Same thing with that prosciutto, you say it is Italian made but there is no way border agents can honestly guarantee that it is and that any possible bugs/bacteria/etc aren't in it. But, how can border agents guarantee that it is what the label says it is? They can't. The person bringing it in from Y country will argue the label is true and that it is from X country but it just costs less in Y country. I do believe it has to do with labelling at some point, say something that is labelled from X country but is coming in from Y country. I don't believe it has to do with X country takes food more seriously. Sure, I'm not overly romanticizing things, people of people just order some dominos in Italy too, but I think it's fair to say there's a higher priority paid to proper food vs the US. But what I would say I loved about Italy is the importance food is given in ordinary life. Lifelong intensive confinement seemed to be the norm. I toured a cattle ranch and it was pretty grim.
But the bottom line of these laws is that the health of the industry as a whole matters more than us individuals enjoying what's ultimately a luxury not necessity.Īside: I'd say Italy is a mixed bag in terms of food handling. I gained a dozen pounds of water bloat I ate so much charcuterie in Tuscany. I get its frustrating not to be able to take stuff home. Remember when Bill Gates was going around about 2 decades ago, warning everyone of the risk of a global pandemic? The specific scenario/simulation his foundation used as an example was a mutation of swine flu emerging in rural Brazil then making the leap to the global food system via the US. The US pork industry is substantial in scale, and because of a combination of geographic isolation and legal measures like this, has managed to keep several nasty pathogens out. mainland EU borders or the US-Canada border rather than the US-Mexico border. I would have thought that land border inspections would be less paranoid about food provided that the neighbouring country has similar regulations. Obviously Australia and New Zealand import food, but that requires licences and is regulated and inspected. Part of this paranoia comes from the evolutional isolation, and part of it comes from the fact that they are islands, and so it is feasible to implement measures to block the importation of foreign materials.įood, unless it has been thoroughly cooked or cured, is a risk and the diversity of stuff people bring back is enormous. Those pests can be anything from viruses to mites (see current bee crises) through to domestic animals. mostly do to with introduction of pests and other potentially ecologically damaging effects, see introduction of cane toads. At least for Australia and New Zealand, who are probably the most biosec paranoid countries, there are a large number of reasons.
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