[[France]] is especially renowned as a cheese producer, and their president [[Charles de Gaulle]] famously said : "How can a country with 300 different kinds of cheese agree on anything?". However, many French cheeses are made from unpasteurised milk and their transport across international borders is therefore forbidden for health reasons. Certain French cheeses (such as Epoisses) are so smelly that their carriage even on French [[public transport]] is also banned.{{fact}}
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[[France]] is especially renowned as a cheese producer, and their president [[Charles de Gaulle]] famously said : "How can a country with 300 different kinds of cheese agree on anything?". However, many French cheeses are made from unpasteurised milk and their transport across international borders is therefore forbidden for health reasons owing to potentially toxic bacterium ''listeria''. Physicians recommend that the cheeses should not be coumsed by [[pregnancy|pregnant]] women or young children. Certain French cheeses (such as Epoisses) are so smelly that their carriage even on French [[public transport]] is also banned.{{fact}}
It is most likely that the invention of cheesemaking was a way of preserving excess milk for leaner times.
It is most likely that the invention of cheesemaking was a way of preserving excess milk for leaner times.