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Article: NEW ZEALAND: FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY ADVISES CAUTION FOR SOME CONSUMERS ON RAW MILK CHEESES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 5, 2007
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The government of New Zealand issued the following news release:
The Minister for Food Safety, Annette King, today launched a range of new information brochures and material developed by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) to update messages to consumers on raw milk cheeses.
Up until now, very few raw milk cheeses have been available in New Zealand but recent changes to food laws mean that Roquefort, a semi-hard raw milk cheese from France and some Italian hard-grating cheeses, can now be directly imported into the country.
NZFSA expects that consumers will see more of them in speciality shops and on restaurant menus, which is good news for connoisseurs, but NZFSA is advising ...