China tightens requirements for canned milk and cheese
Dairy
China
Published Sep 14, 2022
Tridge summary
China is introducing stricter safety and quality rules for dairy products. Infagro writes about this with reference to DairyReporter. Yes, concentrated dairy products - condensed milk with or without sugar - must not contain any visible foreign bodies, any liquids must not contain any clots and sediment, and any viscous products must be smooth, uniform and moderate viscosity.
Original content
Special standards are also defined for low-fat and skimmed condensed milk products; their labeling must meet these standards in the future. So, whole condensed milk must contain more than 7.5 g/100 g of fat, low-fat - 1-7.5 g, and skimmed - less than 1 g. The new regulatory standards are expected to come into effect on December 30, 2022. In addition, the quality of cheeses will be more strictly regulated. From now on, only products containing more than 50% milk will be considered real cheese in China. All other products containing between 15% and 50% real cheese can now only be called cheese products. This is a new category that ...
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