Abstract
Nowadays, among the most-widely consumed Brazilian artisanal cheeses are the different varieties of Minas cheese, encompassing a soft type (i.e., Frescal) and semi-hard and hard types (Padrão, Meia-cura, Serro, Canastra, etc.). Nonetheless, some Minas cheeses have been regularly found to harbour high-risk pathogens, such as Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, mainly arising …