What food safety issues can be linked to soft, unripened cheeses?

Dairy products have very small shelf life. All the dairy products should be refrigerated at certain temperature to maintain the quality of the product and also to increase the shelf life of the dairy product.

Food safety concerns are important in food industries. Soft and unripened cheese are vulnerable to spoilage. The food safety issues that can be linked to soft and unripened cheese are as follows:

1. Hazard identification - Identification of microbial pathogen

2. Hazard characterization - Relation between the level of exposure of the pathogen and adverse response.

3. Exposure Assessment - Frequency and level of exposure to the pathogen

4. Risk characterization - Prediction of the severity of the disease after consumption.