The Sunken Treasure of Cheese Vanishes; Company to Loose $ 50,000

Quebec (Canada):
A Quebec cheese company has lost its sunken cheese. La Fromagerie Boivin was attempting to make its cheese taste better by submerging it underwater.
Last year the company dropped 800 kg of cheese into the Saguenay fjord, north of Quebec City.
Being 50 metres underwater was supposed to produce a cheese that would taste unique. But the company is having trouble finding its sunken cheese.
Divers and high-tech tracking equipment were used to locate the lost fromage.
"It's a mystery," said master diver Pierre Dufour, who assisted in the hunt. "All we know is that the cheese is no longer where it was left."
But the company has given up even though the cheese is worth more than $50,000.
"It got too expensive," said cheesemaker Luc Boivin. "At some point, you can't be crazy."
In July, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency raised concerns about the sunken cheese. It said Boivin was breaking food safety laws because the cheese hadn't been analyzed at various stages of the aging process. That meant it couldn't be sold in retail.
Oct 10, 2005
CBC Calgary