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 process cheese and cheese spread (with or without added foodstuff)
14. (1) Process cheese and cheese spread, either 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 9 or the type of cream cheese specified in column 1 of Table 11;
(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; and
(c) comply with the provisions of regulation 4.
(2) If a designation specified in column 3 of Table 9 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 cheese concerned in the final product except for blue mould cheese which shall consist of at least 42 per cent of the cheese concerned.
(3) In the case of process cheese and cheese spread with added foodstuff the fat-in-drymatter 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 process cheese and cheese spread of the class designation concerned. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 14 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Process cheese and cheese spread (with or without added foodstuff) 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries