Section 901:11-5-15 - Low fat cheese spread(A) "Low fat cheese spread" means a product made by comminuting skim milk cheese, part skim milk cheese, and American cheese, with the aid of heat, with or without the following ingredients: whey solids, non-fat milk solids, water, food grade acid, emulsifying agents, stabilizers, salt, corn polysaccharides, artificial color and artificial flavor approved by the Ohio department of agriculture.(B) During its preparation it shall be heated for not less than thirty seconds at not less than one hundred sixty degrees fahrenheit. (C) Low fat cheese spread shall contain not more than sixty per cent moisture and not less than two per cent and not more than four per cent milk fat. The cheese solids used must constitute no less than forty per cent by weight of the total solids of the finished product. Emulsifiers not more than three per cent by weight and stabilizers not more than 3.5 per cent by weight. The use of flavorings which simulate the flavor of other cheese of any age or variety is prohibited. Ohio Admin. Code 901:11-5-15
Effective: 11/27/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 7/13/2023 and 11/27/2028
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, 02/21/2016