Operators of five Scottish companies plan to go ahead with a judicial review after raising money for legal fees to challenge government guidance on making cheese from unpasteurized, raw milk.
The guidance is focused on
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Scottish cheesemakers challenge guidance on raw milk in their products
Five Scottish companies have launched a fundraising campaign for legal fees to challenge new inspection and enforcement guidance, including food safety measures, regarding raw milk cheese.
The guidance will effectively make production in Scotland unviable,
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Closing cheese firm hits out at ‘onerous’ FSS approach
Food Standards Scotland has again come under fire for its approach to raw milk cheese from a producer that cited it as part of the reason it will close next year.
Barwheys Dairy will shut
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French firm allowed to restart cheese sales from site linked to E. coli outbreak
French officials have allowed a dairy company to resume operations at a site linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak earlier this year.
The dairy, Chabert, was permitted to restart the marketing of raw milk
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One child dead, 13 others sick in raw cheese E. coli outbreak
A French company this weekend expanded its recall of cheese made with unpasteurized milk after health officials reported a seventh child has developed kidney failure because of an E. coli infection linked to the cheese.
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FDA warns against Apple Tree goat cheeses because of Listeria
A federal consumer advisory warns the public against eating goat cheese products made by Apple Tree Goat Dairy of Richfield, PA, because Listeria monocytogenes has been confirmed in the company’s products and production facility.
The
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Texas county blames 13 brucellosis cases on raw Mexican-style cheeses
A record 13 cases of human brucellosis in Dallas County, TX, are being blamed on unpasteurized Mexican-style cheeses. 
Dallas County officials issued an advisory last week asking local clinicians to be aware of possible cases
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Goat cheese — some unpasteurized — recalled for Listeria
Samples of goat cheeses collected Aug. 29 by Pennsylvania officials tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes but the Apple Tree Goat Dairy’s recall notice was not posted by federal officials until Tuesday.
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