VEGETABLE OIL CHEESE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL THE COMMITTEE on milk and milk products of world food standards body Codex Alimentarius is developing a new draft standard for blends of evaporated skimmed milk and vegetable fat. Assuming it is adopted, it would define these products as "recombining milk constituents and potable water, or by the partial removal of water and the addition of edible vegetable oil...fat or a mixture". The presence of vegetable oils and fats would have to be noted on labels. The standard would also allow member countries to insist that the common name of the ...
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