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B-168835 1 (1970-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabksy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: R 1- Q56MOTR& LZt NSRAL OF TPE UNIITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20541 B-168835 RELEASED LM089880 Dear Senator Nelson: Reference is made to your letter dated April 16, 1970, in which you requested that we invest'igate whether Monterey cheese imported from New Zealand under the quota category of Other cheese is being used in place of cheddar cheese in the manufacture of American-type processed cheese or cheese foods. You stated that the standards of identity of the Food and Drug Administration do not authorize the use of Monterey cheese for manufacturing processed American cheese or processed American cheese foods. You suggested that we make a spot check of a limited number of shipments imported from New Zealand to determine whether Government reg- ulations are being violated. Part 19 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), sets forth definitions and standards under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301) for cheese and cheese products. Sections 19.750(a)(6) and 19.750(e)(2)(ii) which pertain to pasteurized process cheese state: The weight of each variety of cheese in a pasteurized process cheese made from two varieties of cheese is not less than 25 percent of the total weight of both,* * *. These limits do not apply to the quantity of cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, colby cheese and granular cheese in mixtures which are designated as 'American cheese' as prescribed in paragraph (e)(2)(ii) of this section. Such mixtures are considered as one variety of cheese for the purposes of this subparagraph. In case it is made of cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, colby cheese, or granular cheese or any mixture of two or more of these, it may be designated 'Pasteurized process American cheese'; or when cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, colby cheese, or granular cheese or any mixture of two or more of these is combined with other varieties of cheese in the cheese ingredient any of such cheeses or such mixture may be designated as 'American cheese'. .O .I .... .

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