Russian factory staff bathes in cheese vat

Still hurting from their early exit in the 2014 men’s Olympic hockey tournament, Russians have apparently resorted to bathing with cheese to heal the wounds. And are sharing the activities on Instagram.

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According to Opposing Views, a picture is making its way through the internet that shows Siberian factor workers  naked in a vat of cheese.

“Yeah, our job is really boring,” the photo’s caption reads.

Officials were alerted to the photo when angry consumers saw the “sickening” picture, which is believed to be taken at lead food processing center Omsk “The Cheese” trade house.

“If you plan to buy string cheese the next time you go to the supermarket, you may want to check that it wasn’t made in Omsk,” one Russian newspaper warned. 

Alexander Kriga, head of RosPotrebNadzor, the Russian food safety watchdog in the Omsk region, said investigation into the exact location the picture was taken at is under way.

 

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.