[Tainnor]

What Grandi actually wrote was that Parmesan Cheese, which was imported into the US by Italians, continued to evolve in Italy but not in the US. I have no way of verifying whether this is true but it wouldn't be terribly surprising if it was, and in any way, this doesn't imply any value judgement whatsoever.

Of course, the media are more interested in controversy, so they turn that into "bona fide parmesan cheese only exists in Wisconsin".