A cheese company has been told to get a grip after it was accused of censoring the Cerne Giant on its packaging. For the last 15 years, the Oxford Cheese Company has featured an uncensored image of the 180ft naked chalk figure on its Cerne Abbas Man vintage cheddar.
But for most of those years, the landmark's prominent tumescent manhood was on full display in all its glory - until now. Vic Irvine, the head brewer at Cerne Abbas Brewery in the village near Dorchester, says he was left horrified by the “castration” and has since called on the cheese firm to revert back to their old label's design.
The firm at the centre of the furore has meanwhile been left baffled by the recent controversy. Vic, speaking to DorsetLive, said: “It was a few days ago and someone showed me the cheese wrapper and it had the Cerne Abbas giant on, but not his penis. If you are going to use the Cerne Abbas Giant to sell some cheese, use the giant, and don’t censor his c****."
