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Maine Cheese Guild

Maine Cheese Guild Quality Statement

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The Maine Cheese Guild believes that cheese of the highest quality can only be made with a thorough and regularly refreshed knowledge of food safety.

The Maine Cheese Guild promotes and sponsors regular opportunities to learn about best practices for cheese making. The Guild also believes that the best way for professional* cheese makers to guarantee the quality of their product is by being appropriately licensed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, as only licensed cheese makers are legally allowed to sell cheese to the public, and only licensed cheese makers receive feedback from the dairy regulatory unit through regular testing for contamination and facility inspections. This feedback is critical, together with on-going education, in maintaining the high quality of award-winning Maine cheese.

* professional = selling cheese to the public

ACS entries due June 12

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Dear Cheesemakers and Friends,

We are now accepting entries for the 25th Anniversary Judging & Competition, held August 4-5, 2009 in Austin, Texas. Last week, we mailed a competition entry packet to cheesemaker members; however, you may now access all of this information and pay for your entries online at cheesesociety.org.

Submit your entry forms with payment to headquarters by Friday, June 12, 2009 to pay the regular rate of $55 per entry.

Entries received from June 13 – June 19, 2009 will be subject to an additional late fee, so do not delay! Entries will not be accepted after June 19, 2009.

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If you are not a cheesemaker but know of other producers who might be interested, please forward this email or contact headquarters. We would be happy to contact them with more information!

If you plan to enter but have questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact headquarters at acs@hqtrs.com or (502) 574-9950.

Best regards,

American Cheese Society

May 5 Joint Wine Guild / Cheese Guild Tasting

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*POSTPONED*

–check here for updates on when and where it can be rescheduled–

Maine Cheese Guild and Maine Wine Guild Pairings Meeting

to be held on Tuesday, May 5th at 3pm in Rockport.

The meeting is open to cheese makers and wine makers in both guilds who are interested in learning more about what pairs best with their products. This is a private event, not open to the public, and there is limited space available. Those participating will receive the compiled tasting notes of those who participated, which will include several wine and cheese professionals to help guide the groups through the pairings.

There is a limited amount of space available at the event, so Cheese Guild members who are interested should send an email to erector@tilth.com asap and indicate what cheeses they would like to contribute to the Pairing, and whether they would like to attend. Once the list has been compiled, I will send confirmations with more information.

Both Guilds intend to hold several of these tastings through the year so that seasonal cheeses will be able to be included in this educational exercise for both wine and cheese makers.