A specialty French cheese has provoked a cross-Atlantic row after US customs officials refused to allow almost a tonne of it into the country, citing concern over “allergies”.
EU proposals to make traffic light food labelling compulsory have stirred fury from artisan French food producers, who say the health and nutrition scores unfairly brand traditional foodstuffs like Roquefort cheese as unhealthy.
A French monastery in the heart of Burgundy launched an emergency online sale Friday to get rid of thousands of its prized artisanal cheeses, which are languishing in its cellars as Covid-19 keeps buyers away.
Eating cheese in France might sound pretty straightforward, but the world of French cheese can be a minefield of unwritten, unspoken rules. Here’s a lowdown on French cheese etiquette, from Katie Warren.
The World Fondue Championships are underway in Switzerland and even before the winner has been named tensions are running high between the Swiss and the French over what cheese goes into a fondue.
French authorities ordered a recall of reblochon cheeses on Monday after six young children were hospitalised with E.coli infections traced to a producer.
Ten people died and another 80 fell ill in France after eating contaminated Morbier and Mont d’Or cheese in a salmonella outbreak that health authorities knew about, a new report has revealed.
A truce has been reached to bring an end to the Camembert wars that have plagued one of France's most pungent cheese for a decade, but some say the quality of the famous fromage will never be as good.
Sheep farmers in France were set to protest on Monday at what they see is the government’s failure to protect their animals from attacks by wolves. They claim one of the problems is the strict regulations for making cheeses.
French people are in uproar after a picture was posted online of a Camembert cheese that had clearly been cut in a flagrant violation of fromage etiquette.
Cheese lovers in the French capital will soon be able to get their hands on locally-made cheese products, as the "Made in Paris" project gathers steam.
Camembert, the village that gave its name to France's most famous - and imitated - cheese, has only one remaining traditional "fromagerie" still making the speciality, and it's holding its own against big industry.
Gerard Depardieu is bashing France for its "stinky cheese", but we couldn't give a whiff. Here are six of the smelliest you need to bury your nose in, at least once in life. What others would you add?
The dangers of eating traditional Gallic delicacies like saucisson, jambon and even cheese were spelled out in two separate reports on Monday. They may prompt the French to seriously consider changing their diets (although they probably won't).
