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"  There are many differences between America and Europe: currency, language, amount of vacation days allotted. But for curd nerds there&amp;#039;s only one: the laws surrounding raw milk cheese - and the gap between their standards and ours is about to widen even more. After at least nine major domestic cheese recalls this past year, the F.D.A. is considering making food safety rules stricter for cheese made with unpasteurized milk. The current rules state that cheese made from raw milk must be aged sixty days before it is considered safe to eat. The new rules could extend that aging period to ninety days or could even goes as far as to completely ban raw milk altogether. This may cause problems for domestic cheesemakers who rely on raw milk to add richness and flavor to their product - especially those that specialize in strong cheeses like certain blues or soft, funky cheeses like taleggio. Though it is in part the recalls that have spurred on the investigations, the FDA has not said whether or not the recalled cheese was unsafe because of its raw milk makeup. It could have been an issue with unsafe and unsanitary conditions, rather than simply the raw milk, that caused problems. More from Delish: What&amp;#039;s Your Cheese IQ? Raw milk cheese enthusiasts claim that the mix of naturally occurring organisms in raw milk create a complex and deep flavor in cheeses that is far superior to that of cheese made from pasteurized milk. Anyone that has sipped fresh milk will certainly understand the difference. Rather than ban raw milk cheese altogether or extend the aging time (which kills more of the naturally occurring bacteria), pro-raw-milkers suggest stricter and more closely monitored manufacturing paired with product testing throughout the process - starting with the dairy farms. The decision will be made in the next few months.  What is your stance on raw milk cheese? Will you start smuggling your taleggio over the Canadian border? Or do you think raw milk should be banned? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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