FRANCE: Raw milk camembert poses safety concern says manufacturer - (Dairyreporter.com)
March 14, 2008 – 8:29 pmLuc Morelon, a spokesperson for the France-based dairy processors Lactalis, was cited as claiming that authorities responsible for protecting traditional manufacturing techniques of camembert will eventually be forced to stop using raw milk in the product because of potential health concerns and that a recent vote permitting only the use of raw untreated milk for “true” camembert would some day have to be overturned by the French government.
The comments come after producers voted this month in favour of allowing only raw milk to be used in making the product as part of a revision of the production specifications for the Appellation Contrôlée (AOC) Camembert de Normandie.
Morelon says that under these specifications, Lactalis did not wish to claim the AOC for its own camembert products, as it refused to use raw milk in the cheese.
He pointed to the occurrence of pathogenic micro organisms in the product that makes raw milk a […]
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