the government sent a lot of some orange cheese to Poland
In the US it's called 'government cheese'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_cheese
In the 80s for a time it was distributed to those on welfare or social security. My retired aunt got something like 5 pounds a month (in a single big block) well over anything she could consume and she passed it on to me (where it played a starring role in any number of student meals).