Milk industry is booming in France , now has larger turnover than steel industry . Dairy industry worth $ 6 billion , French eat 24 kilos of dairy per person a year . Philippe Meslon , the mayor of Saint-Loup de Fribois and the administrator of the Saint-Loup cheese works says : `` A camembert not made out of raw milk is like making love without sex . Comment: The milk and cheese industries are very large ( the largest being that of the US ) Last cheese census found around 1,000 different kinds of cheeses in France .
Milk industry is booming in France , now has larger turnover than steel industry . Dairy industry worth $ 6 billion , French eat 24 kilos of dairy per person a year . Comment: The milk and cheese industries are very large ( the largest being that of the US ) Last cheese census found around 1,000 different kinds of cheeses in France .