Why live maggot cheese is banned

Because this cheese is banned even in its country of origin due to its effects on human health. Maggot cheese is generally referred to as Casumazzo, Italian: formaggiomarcio, meaning "rotten cheese", or maggot cheese, a traditional Sardinian sheep's milk cheese known for containing live fly larvae.

Why was maggot cheese banned

Cassummassu is a traditional cheese from the Italian island of Sardinia. Unlike ordinary cheese made from cow's milk, Casumasu is made from sheep's milk grown locally in Sardinia, which has a higher fat content and produces a cheese with a richer, creamier flavor.

Sheep's milk cheese is the basis of Casumasu, then flies are allowed to lay their eggs on the cheese and wait for them to grow into maggots, which produce acid that promotes the fermentation of the cheese and makes the hard cheese fluffy, a stage that takes about two months.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has questioned the food safety of Casumazu cheese and used a law to strictly prohibit the consumption and production of live maggot cheese. The reason they gave was that maggots could potentially not be digested by stomach acid and thus enter the intestines and cause lesions in the digestive system.