The provisions of this Regulation apply only to the commercial production and placing on the market of cheese and products made of cheese. The fat content levels of the cheese and cheese products are nominated by this Regulation. Cheese may only be placed on the market under one of the geographical designations of origin listed in Appendix 1b of the Regulation. The Regulation sets forth quality class, branded cheese, quality tests for domestic brand cheese and brand cheese from other members states. The Regulation further provides for the marking and labelling regulations. Article 20 of the Regulation refers to production of rennet substitutes and Article 27 of the Regulation refers to the authority remain at federal states to legislate on the production of milk, affixing signs for official control and quality test of cheese. The Regulation further provides the crimes and administrative offences. This Regulation consists of 8 Sections, 32 Articles and 6 Appendixes.
The Ordinance contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed such as, "cheese", "dairy products", etc. Then it sets out hygienic requirements for the production of cheese and other dairy products. Article 6 contains the fat levels. Part 2 deals with cheese in particular, its quality, cheese for export, imported cheese, cheese for cooking. General regulations for marking, packing and labelling are contained in Part 4. Then the Ordinance deals with cheese add
Consolidated version of the Cheese Regulation in the version of the notice of 14. April 1986 (BGBl. I p. 412) as lastly amended by Article 2 of the Regulation 20 October 2021 (BGBI. I p.4723).
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Cheese Ordinance.
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