Yeah no, this is one where I’ll almost always say you got to go with your gut.
I don’t have basis for this being the case here, but often time people are able to hold out when the threats are against them, but it’s a whole other story if there starts to be credible threats against your family.
This is purely half remembering something I heard a while ago, so it could be completely bullshit, but I believe it has something to do with things that are likely to spoil tend to be things that bind to the curds, and as such are (mostly) removed from the drink.