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In May 2013, a shipment of around 1.5 tons of seemingly normal cheese was refused entry into the United States. And while looks wise there was nothing suspicious, according to the Food and Drug Administration, this shipment of cheese had a problem: mites.

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Stock video from:
gettyimages.com/detail/video/rotation-cheese-on-black-slate-plate-delicious-cheese-stock-footage/1690887512
gettyimages.com/detail/video/piece-of-mimolett-cheese-falls-on-a-wooden-board-stock-footage/1148014791

SOURCES:
dairyreporter.com/Article/2013/08/06/Mimolette-cheese-mite-be-restricted-by-FDA
savoryandsour.com/2017/12/06/mimolette-extra-vieille
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27059866
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030210003644
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10493-016-0040-7
npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/05/11/180570160/tiny-mites-spark-big-battle-over-imports-of-french-cheese
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31960565
wisconsincheese.com/the-cheese-life/article/116/blue-cheese
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11271775
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15924999
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/microbiolspec.cm-0005-12
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0958694605001470
janetfletcher.com/blog/2015/1/5/welcome-back-mimolette

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