“A very heavy loss”: Cheese worth 250 million euros destroyed by Italian earthquake
The earthquake that rocked northern Italy on Sunday destroyed more than 300,000 wheels of cheese worth 250 million euros, an industry official has revealed. The region’s cheese industry has been devastated by the magnitude-6.0 earthquake, with tonnes of Parmesan and Grana Padano lost. A single wheel of cheese can weigh up to 90 pounds. “The earthquake was very strong and heavily damaged the structures of many warehouses as well as thousands of tonnes” of the two cheeses, said Stefano Berni, head of a consortium that protects the Grana Padano designation.
“It’s a very heavy loss, but there have been no casualties, which is a great relief at this worrying time,” he told the ANSA news agency. The initial estimate of 250 million euros is “very conservative,” Berni said, adding that he hoped no further tremors would “further aggravate the state of the already highly damaged and fragile structures.”
Source: The Mirror, via Gizmodo.