Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

27 March 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 38615, 27 March 2015 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating to the Classification, Packing and Marking of Dairy Products and Imitation Dairy Products Intended For Sale in the Republic Of South Africa 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

Standards for cheese and cheese with added foodstuff
13. (1) Cheese shall be manufactured by --
(a) coagulating wholly or partly the protein of milk, skimmed milk, low fat milk, cream, whey or butter milk, or any combination of these materials, through the action of rennet or other suitable coagulating agents, and partially draining the whey resulting from the coagulation, and which will result in a concentration of milk protein (in particular, the casein portion), and that consequently, the protein content of the cheese will be distinctly higher than the protein level of the blend of the afore-mentioned milk materials from which the cheese was made; and/or
(b) processing techniques involving coagulation of the protein of milk and/or products obtained from milk which give an end-product with similar physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics as the product defined under paragraph (a).
(2) Cheese and cheese with added foodstuff shall --
(a) be a ripened or unripened soft, semi-soft, semi-hard or hard product and can be coated with wax or another protective substance; and
(b) comply with the provisions of regulation 4.
(3) In the case of cheese with added foodstuff the fat-in-dry-matter content may be up to 5 per cent less and the dry matter content may be up to 5 per cent more than that required for cheese of the class designation concerned.
(4) If the class designation or the alternate class designation is in the case of whey cheese not provided for in Table 9, the class designation indicated shall be preceded by the expression "whey".
(5) In the case where an accelerated ripening period method is used, the prescribed minimum ripening period shall not apply: Provided that the cheese shall have similar physical, chemical and organoleptic properties of the cheese concerned. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 13 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cheese 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries