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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 15 : Classes of and standards for cottage cheese with or without added foodstuff

 

Type of

dairy

product

Class/ Class designation

Alternate class designation

Milk fat in

dry matter

content

(%)(m/m)

Maximum

moisture

content

(%)(m/m)

Minimum

dry matter

content

(%)(m/m)

1

2

3

4

5

6

Cottage cheese

Full fat cottage cheese

Cottage cheese/ Full cream

cottage cheese/ Creamed

cottage cheese

45 - 60

75

*

Medium fat cottage

cheese

Medium cream cottage cheese

25 - 44

77

*

Low fat cottage cheese

*

10 - 24

80

*

Fat free cottage cheese

Skim(med) cottage cheese

Less than 10

80

*

* Not specified