• Question: which cheese is harmful and why?

    Asked by jellalfernandes to Grant on 13 Mar 2013.
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      Grant Campbell answered on 13 Mar 2013:

      None – cheese is food, it’s designed not to be harmful. Cheese is an interesting food because it involves controlled spoilage – we allow micro-organisms to spoil it enough but not too much. It can then go on to spoil further – too much – in that case it might become harmful (although probably not, just inedible).

      Some cheeses are very large and heavy – if they fell on you they could harm you!

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