Ohio Administrative Code
Title 901:11 - Dairy
Chapter 901:11-5 - Standards of Identity for Milk, Cream, Butter, Other Dairy Products
Section 901:11-5-13 - Emulsified cheese, process cheese
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) "Emulsified cheese" or "process cheese" means the modified cheese made by comminuting and mixing one or more lots of cheese into a homogeneous mass, with the aid of heat, with or without the addition of water, and with not more than three per cent by weight of a suitable emulsifying agent, which contains not more than forty per centof water and in the water-free substance, not less than fifty per cent of milkfat.
(B) "Emulsified _______________ cheese," or "processed ________________ cheese," the blank being filled in with the varietal name of a cheese, means the modified cheese made by comminuting and mixing one or more lots of the indicated variety of cheese into a homogeneous mass, with the aid of heat, with or without the addition of water, and with not more than three by weight of a suitable emulsifying agent, which conforms to the limits for fat and moisture for cheese of the named variety.
Effective: 2/21/2016
Five Year
Review (FYR) Dates: 11/24/2015 and
02/21/2021
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 917.02
Rule
Amplifies: 917.02;
917.05;
3715.02
Prior
Effective Dates: 12/16/1976,
07/22/2005
