21 CFR § 133.142 - Gouda cheese.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s133.142"
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title: "21 CFR § 133.142 - Gouda cheese."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "133.142"
section_name: "Gouda cheese."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "133"
part_name: "CHEESES AND RELATED CHEESE PRODUCTS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 343, 348, 371, 379e."
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# 133.142 Gouda cheese.

Gouda cheese conforms to the definition and standard of identity and complies with the requirements for label declaration of ingredients prescribed for edam cheese by § 133.138, except that the minimum milkfat content is 46 percent by weight of the solids, as determined by the methods described in § 133.5 and the maximum moisture content is 45 percent by weight.

[48 FR 2744, Jan. 21, 1983]