Researchers from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) warn: France could lose these cultural and culinary symbols. The albino strain of Penicillium camemberti, completely white and furthermore downy, exists in insufficient quantities to be used in the production of camemberts.
The strain is now so depleted that it has become almost infertile. The situation of blue-veined cheeses, blues and other Roqueforts, is also critical, but it seems less serious.