Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)RegulationsClassification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy Products intended for sale in the Republic of South AfricaPart I : Dairy Products14. Standards for process cheese and cheese spread with or without foodstuff |
| (1) | Process cheese and cheese spread with or without added foodstuff shall— |
| (a) | be manufactured by the grinding, mixing, melting and emulsifying, with the aid of heat and an emulsifying agent, of a type of cheese specified in item 1, 2, 3 or 4 of column 1 of Table 11 or the type of cream cheese specified in column 1 of Table 14 with whey proteins and with other primary dairy products; and |
| (b) | during the manufacture thereof be heat treated for 30 seconds at a temperature of 70°C, or any other equivalent or greater time/temperature combination. |
(2)
| (a) | If a designation specified in column 3 of Table 11 is used in connection with the sale of process cheese or cheese spread (with or without added foodstuff), the specified cheese shall consist of at least 50 per cent of the formulation in the final product except, for blue mould cheese which shall consist of at least 42 per cent of the formulation in the final product: Provided that the specified cheese concerned shall be subject to the requirements on Quantitative Ingredient Declarations (QUID), as specified in the regulations published under the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972). |
| (b) | In the case of all process cheese or cheese spread with or without added foodstuff not presented for sale as a specific cheese referred to in paragraph (a) above, cheese shall at least be the main ingredient in the final product concerned. |
| (3) | In the case of process cheese and cheese spread with added foodstuff, the minimum milk fat in dry matter content may be up to 10 per cent less than that specified in Table 13 for the class of process cheese or cheese spread concerned. |
| (4) | The word "process" in the class designation of process cheese with or without added foodstuff may be substituted by the word "processed". |
