It is a staple in many refrigerators and is often used almost automatically. For that reason, there are good reasons to take ...

GENEVA — Switzerland’s most famous cheese, the holey Emmental, is raising a stink. Swiss makers of the cheese, the country’s biggest agricultural export, are looking to protect its name from ...

The Swiss Emmental cheese, famous for its numerous holes, cannot be trademarked in the European Union, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled Wednesday. "The term ‘emmentaler’ cannot be protected as a ...

LUXEMBOURG (CN) — A Swiss cheesemaking group was left blue on Wednesday after the European Union’s second-highest court rejected a request for protected status for the country’s famed Emmentaler ...

"Swiss cheese" with its iconic holes is known throughout the world, but true Emmentaler is a handcrafted, carefully controlled product. Switzerland is a nation of cheese. With a population of just ...

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AFFOLTERN IM EMMENTAL, SwitzerlandAFFOLTERN IM EMMENTAL, Switzerland — The Emmental Show Dairy has cranked out tons of cheese for years. But now it’s in trouble – production is down by a third and the ...

Just weeks after Switzerland’s second-biggest bank was forced into a government-brokered rescue, the country’s producers of Emmentaler cheese lost a fight for exclusive European Union-wide rights to ...

MADISON, Wis. — A Swiss Emmentaler has won the title of 2014 World Championship Cheese in Wisconsin. Cheesemaker Gerard Sinnesberger took top honors for his Original Schweizer Rohmilch Emmentaler, a ...