Raw milk toxoplasma risk, raw cheese safe?

[Youㅤ]

“Raw-milk cheese made from naturally infected ewe milk is likely to bear T. gondii tachyzoites, as naturally infected sheep shed the parasite in their milk. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that cheesemaking procedures are able to inactivate the parasite, which was not found with RT-PCR after 5 days of ripening, in the absence of a pasteurization step.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7023469/

 

[Youㅤ]

@andy9432

 

[Youㅤ]

Fresh raw cheese probably not safe:

“Results indicate that T. gondii can be excreted in goat's milk and can survive in fresh cheese made by cold-enzyme treatment.”

Detection and survival of Toxoplasma gondii in milk and cheese from experimentally infected goats - PubMed

The consumption of unpasteurized goat cheese and goat's milk has been suggested as a risk factor for toxoplasmosis in humans. In the present study, detection and survival of Toxoplasma gondii in milk and cheese was studied by bioassay in mice (milk) and in cats (cheese). Eight goats were...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[CarrotMaxxer]

everything is better raw

 

[Youㅤ]

everything is better raw

There is detriments from cooking but raw has risks in some foods.

 

[Orc]

who the fuck is eating young cheese, that's disgusting.

only aged cheese is palatable.

 

[CarrotMaxxer]

There is detriments from cooking but raw has risks in some foods.

not talking abt food