Question 21923 — agri-food

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Mrs Michèle Victory draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the standards for the production of raw milk cheeses. Indeed, all the producers and professional organizations concerned have legitimately expressed their anger and concern following the publication by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, on April 30, 2019, of a “reminder of the precautions to take” concerning the “ consumption of raw milk cheeses. This large-scale publication from health authorities very directly points to the consumption of raw milk cheeses by children under 5 years old, recommending not to consume them, by listing a non-exhaustive series of cheeses made from raw milk. Following recent cases of recalls of certain batches of cheese, the precise content of this communication from the health authorities, widely taken up by prefectural services for municipalities and school restaurants, appears not only scientifically questionable, but disproportionate and anxiety-inducing, calling into question all raw milk production, and more particularly the cheese designations of origin mentioned. The production of raw milk cheese is, for the department of Ardèche, an economic, gastronomic and cultural issue in link with the life of the territories. The ever-increasing health precautions on raw milk production encourage a certain form of distrust towards local producers, producers who are increasingly subject to unfair competition from abroad. Cheese is an essential link in French culinary heritage, she therefore wishes to know how the Government intends to encourage farmers who allow traditions to continue.

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