Deli

The Tofutti® Brands Executive Committee has approved a plan for licensing the use and sale of its new dairy-free mozzarella cheese. …

Cheesemaking was tradition. It was history. It was part of what Bandon was. Now with the recent opening of the Face Rock Creamery right on the spot where the old factory once thrived, there is hope it will be again. …

Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. developed a new Peel and ReSeal Lidding Film for Ready Pac, Inc. retail lettuce trays. The new lidding technology helps Ready Pac reduce package weight by up to 32 percent compared to preformed rigid lids, improve shipping cube, and allows for more product on the pallet to reduce transportation and warehousing costs. In addition, the Peel and ReSeal system eliminates shrink bands and thermoformed lids so it is easy to open and close. Applications for the new Peel and ReSeal Film include prepared meals, meats, cheeses, snacks, candies and baked goods. …

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Castle Cheese (West) Inc., are warning the public not to consume the Okanagan’s Choice Cheese brand Chipped Parmesan Cheese described below because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. …

Mimolette is a beloved French cheese produced for hundreds of years around the city of Lille. It looks somewhat like a ripe cantaloupe and tastes not unlike classic Dutch Gouda, to which it is related. Its distinctively pitted rind and hard-to-pin-down taste both arise from the action of microscopic cheese mites that are deliberately introduced to its surface as part of its production. Mimolette has been imported to specialty cheese shops in the United States for many years without incident, but now it’s come to the attention of the federal Food and Drug Administration. …