So some cheeses seem to be toxic for you if you eat them when they have mold on them, while others are mainly being consumed when they get moldy. Why is it so that some types of cheese will make you sick, while you can eat others without a problem?
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There are many types of mold (aka fungus) that can grow on cheese, some types of mold are harmless while others can be toxic. In the cheese making process, the cheesemakers can tightly control the environmental conditions and encourage the correct type of mold to grow. If you get mold on a cheese that isn’t meant to me moldy, it could be any type of fungus and potentially a harmful one.
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