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Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

Regulations

Classification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy Products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa

Tables

Table 3 : Classes of and standards for cultured milk

 

Type of

primary

dairy

product

Class/ Class

designation

Alternate

class

designation

Milk fat

content

(%)(m/m)

Minimum milk solids

non-fat content

Minimum milk

protein content

calculated on a

fat-free basis

(%)(m/m)

Calculated

on the

total

content

(%)(m/m)

Calculated

on a fat-free

basis

(%)(m/m)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Cultured milk

Cultured high fat milk/Cultured high cream milk/Cultured high fat kefir/ Cultured high cream kefir/Cultured high fat yeast free kefir/Cultured high cream yeast free kefir

High fat maas/ High cream maas/ High fat sour milk/High cream sour milk/High fat kefir/High cream kefir/ High fat yeast free kefir/ High cream yeast free kefir

More than 4.5

8.2

8.6

3.0

Cultured full fat milk/Cultured full cream milk/Cultured full fat kefir/Cultured full cream kefir/Cultured full fat yeast free kefir/Cultured full cream yeast free kefir

Sour milk/ Full fat sour milk/Full cream sour milk/Maas/Full cream maas/Full fat maas/Kefir/ Full cream kefir/Full fat kefir/Yeast free kefir/ Full cream yeast free kefir/ Full fat yeast free kefir

More than 3.3 - 4.5

8.3

8.6

3.0

Cultured medium fat milk/ Cultured medium cream milk/Cultured medium fat kefir/ Cultured medium cream kefir/Cultured medium fat yeast free kefir/ Cultured medium cream yeast free kefir

Medium fat sour milk/Medium cream sour milk/ Medium fat maas/Medium cream maas/Medium fat kefir/ Medium cream kefir/Medium fat yeast free kefir/ Medium cream yeast free kefir

More than 1.5 - 3.3

8.4

8.6

3.0

Cultured low fat milk/Cultured low fat kefir/Cultured low fat yeast free kefir

Low fat sour milk/ Low fat maas/ Low fat kefir/ Low fat yeast free kefir

More than 0.5 - 1.5

8.5

8.6

3.0

Cultured fat free milk/ Cultured fat free kefir/Cultured fat free yeast free kefir

Cultured Skim(med) milk/Skim(med) sour milk/ Fat free sour milk/Skim(med) maas/ Fat free maas/ Skim(med) kefir/ Fat free kefir/ Skim(med)yeast free kefir/ Fat free yeast free kefir

Not more than 0.5

8.6

8.6

3.0