21 C.F.R. § 133.167 Pasteurized blended cheese.
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
Pasteurized blended cheese conforms to the definition and standard of identity, and is subject to the requirements for label statement of ingredients, prescribed for pasteurized process cheese by §133.169, except that: (a) In mixtures of two or more cheeses, cream cheese or neufchatel cheese may be used. (b) None of the ingredients prescribed or permitted for pasteurized process cheese by §133.169 (c) and (d)(1) is used. (c) In case of mixtures of two or more cheeses containing cream cheese or neufchatel cheese, the moisture content is not more than the arithmetical average of the maximum moisture contents prescribed by the definitions and standards of identity for the varieties of cheeses blended, for which such limits have been prescribed. (d) The word “process” is replaced by the word “blended” in the name prescribed by §133.169(e). [42 FR 14366, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2894, Jan. 6, 1993]
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 133—CHEESES AND RELATED CHEESE PRODUCTS
Subpart B—Requirements for Specific Standardized Cheese and Related Products
§ 133.167 Pasteurized blended cheese.
