7 Feb 2024

Artisan cheese could be on verge on extinction

From Checkpoint, 5:44 pm on 7 February 2024

International experts claim camembert and brie could be on the verge of extinction due to a shortage of the mould the cheeses are made from.

The mould, that clones itself appears to running out of gas, losing its ability to reproduce.

Quelle horreur!

Simon Berry, the boss of artisan cheese makers Whitestone, speaks to Lisa Owen.

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