France to Relax Cheese-Making Rules Due to Record Heatwaves and Drought
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The LocalFrance to relax cheese-making rules due to record heatwaves and drought
Widespread drought and record-breaking heatwaves have forced France to relax some of its famously strict rules on cheese production, with authorities announcing on Wednesday special measures for abondance, beaufort and comté.
In the face of a "historical" drought that has severely reduced grass and fodder resources, the government temporarily allows county, beaufort and abundance producers to relax the feeding rules of their cows. Other PDO cheeses could soon...
In the face of a drought described as "historical" by INAO, other wheat PDOs could soon benefit from similar flexibilities to preserve their production.
These three cheeses benefit from a protected designation of origin (PDO), a European label that normally requires farmers to feed their cows mainly with grass from a defined geographical area, in the Alps for the first two, and in the Jura massif for the county. Due to the lack of rain in the last few months having dried the pastures, the producers have obtained exceptional derogations to feed their herds. For the abundance, the breeders will be…
In the face of the summer drought which penalises the feeding of herds, the specifications of the county, the beaufort and the abundance are temporarily lightened.
With drought, dairy cows could not be fed with grass mostly from the Alps or Jura.
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