Food and Drug Regulations

B.08.041.6 (1) [S]. Cold-Pack (naming the variety) Cheese with (naming the added ingredients)

• (a) shall

  • (i) be the product made by comminuting and mixing the named variety or varieties of cheese, other than cream cheese, cottage cheese or whey cheese, into a homogeneous mass without the aid of heat,

  • (ii) contain the named added ingredients which shall be one or more of the following ingredients in amounts sufficient to differentiate the product from cold-pack (naming the variety) cheese but not in amounts so large as to change the basic nature of the product:

    • (A) flavouring preparations other than such preparations that resemble the flavour of the varieties of cheese used in the product,

    • (B) chocolate, condiments, seasonings or spices,

    • (C) fruits, nuts, pickles, relishes or vegetables,

    • (D) prepared or preserved meat, or

    • (E) prepared or preserved fish, and

  • (iii) contain, where it is made from

    • (A) one variety of cheese, not more moisture and not less milk fat than the maximum moisture content and one per cent less than the minimum milk fat content permitted for that variety, or

    • (B) more than one variety of cheese, not more moisture and not less milk fat than the average maximum moisture content and one per cent less than the average minimum milk fat content permitted for those varieties; and

• (b) may contain

  • (i) water added to adjust the moisture content,

  • (ii) added milk fat,

  • (iii) salt, vinegar and sweetening agents,

  • (iv) one or more of the following colouring agents:

    • (A) in an amount consistent with good manufacturing practice, annatto, beta-carotene, chlorophyll, paprika, riboflavin, turmeric, and

    • (B) in an amount not exceeding 35 parts per million, either singly or in combination thereof, beta-apo-8′-carotenal, ethyl beta-apo-8′-carotenoate,

  • (v) the following emulsifying, gelling, stabilizing and thickening agents:

    ammonium carrageenan, calcium carrageenan, carob bean gum (locust bean gum), carrageenan, gelatin, guar gum, Irish Moss Gelose, potassium carrageenan, propylene glycol alginate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (carboxymethyl cellulose, cellulose gum, sodium cellulose glycolate), sodium carrageenan, tragacanth gum, xanthan gum or a combination thereof in an amount not exceeding 0.5 per cent,

  • (vi) acetic acid, calcium carbonate, citric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, potassium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate and tartaric acid as pH adjusting agents in an amount consistent with good manufacturing practice,

  • (vii) wood smoke as a preservative in an amount consistent with good manufacturing practice, and

  • (viii) the following preservatives:

    • (A) propionic acid, calcium propionate, sodium propionate or any combination thereof in an amount not exceeding 2,000 parts per million, calculated as propionic acid,

    • (B) sorbic acid, calcium sorbate, potassium sorbate, sodium sorbate, or any combination thereof in an amount not exceeding 3,000 parts per million, calculated as sorbic acid, or

    • (C) any combination of the preservatives named in clauses (A) and (B) in an amount not exceeding 3,000 parts per million, calculated as propionic acid and sorbic acid respectively.

(2) Only a cheese to which wood smoke has been added as permitted in subsection (1) may be described by the term “smoked” on a label.

(3) Where a cheese is labelled as permitted in subsection (2), the word “smoked” shall be shown on the principal display panel.