Raw milk cheese question

lizal · March 2012

Yesterday, I ate an enchilada and found out later it was made with an unpasteurized Havarti cheese. Since it was a hot enchilada, do you think it's okay that the cheese was made from raw milk?

g8trkim · March 2012

It's probably fine. I wouldn't worry too much about it. It sounds delicious!

lizal · March 2012

g8trkim:
It's probably fine. I wouldn't worry too much about it. It sounds delicious!

It was!

MrsHarlowC · March 2012

I ate that same type of cheese on some chips just last night. It was hot and cheesy..and delicious. I'm sure you're fine.

jacksmom119 · March 2012

I believe cheese has to be pasteurized in order to be sold in the US unless it's 'homemade'. At least that's what an OB friend told me!

cslatest · March 2012

I think melted cheese is ok. Heating it up would kill any of the bacteria in question.

gnomely · March 2012

jacksmom119:
I believe cheese has to be pasteurized in order to be sold in the US unless it's 'homemade'. At least that's what an OB friend told me!

I have bought Organic Valley's Raw Milk Cheddar at our local grocery, so you can find raw milk cheese. It's usually labeled though, because it's a selling point with some people.

tortuga47 · March 2012

This. I'm sure it was fine.

Edit: oops, didn't hit the quote button. My answer was it is fine though It was heated and if there were any little bacteria (the chance is slim anyway, there's been very few outbreaks in unpasteurized products) they were killed by the heat.