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Neal's Yard Dairy, an artisanal food institution based successful London, said they person suffered a "significant fiscal blow" aft $390,000 worthy of cheddar was stolen by a "fraudulent purchaser posing arsenic a morganatic wholesale distributor for a large French retailer."

Calling it "difficult news," the retailer shared successful a statement posted connected Instagram Oct. 25, "Neal's Yard Dairy has been the unfortunate of a theft resulting successful the nonaccomplishment of implicit 22 tonnes of clothbound Cheddar."

"Over 950 wheels of Hafod, Westcombe, and Pitchfork Cheddar were delivered earlier the fraud was discovered," they continued. "We are presently moving with instrumentality enforcement authorities to place the perpetrators of this fraud."

Neal's Yard Dairy added that those anyone who are "offered oregon receives cheeses they judge whitethorn person been associated with this theft, peculiarly clothbound Cheddars successful a 10kg oregon 24kg format with the tags detached" should alert the institution truthful constabulary tin analyse much into the matter.