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KENYA STANDARD DKS 28-1:2019 ICS 67.100.30 Cheese — Specification Part 1: General requirements © KEBS 2019 Third Edition, 2019
DKS 28-1:2019 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION The following organizations were represented on the Technical Committee: Kenya Dairy Board Ministry of Health — Food safety Unit State Department of Livestock Government Chemist’s Department Egerton University — Department of Dairy and Food Science Technology Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI) Sameer Agriculture and Livestock (K) Limited New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (NKCC) National Public Health Labs Department of veterinary services Brookside Dairy Ltd. Eldoville Dairies Ltd. Githunguri Dairy Bio Food Products Ltd. Happy Cow Ltd. Kibidav Ltd Accelerating Agriculture and Livestock Enterprises Ltd Kenya Bureau of Standards — Secretariat REVISION OF KENYA STANDARDS In order to keep abreast of progress in industry, Kenya Standards shall be regularly reviewed. Suggestions for improvements to published standards, addressed to the Managing Director, Kenya Bureau of Standards, are welcome. © Kenya Bureau of Standards, 2019 Copyright. Users are reminded that by virtue of Section 25 of the Copyright Act, Cap. 130 of 2019 of the Laws of Kenya, copyright subsists in all Kenya Standards and except as provided under Section 25 of this Act, no Kenya Standard produced by Kenya Bureau of Standards may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system in any form or transmitted by any means without prior permission in writing from the Managing Director. ii © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved
KENYA STANDARD DKS 28-1:2019 ICS 67.100.30 Cheese — Specification Part 1: General requirements KENYA BUREAU OF STANDARDS (KEBS) Head Office: P.O. Box 54974, Nairobi-00200, Tel.: (+254 020) 605490, 602350, Fax: (+254 020) 604031 E-Mail: info@kebs.org, Web:http://www.kebs.org Coast Region Lake Region Rift Valley Region P.O. Box 99376, Mombasa-80100 P.O. Box 2949, Kisumu-40100 P.O. Box 2138, Nakuru-20100 Tel.: (+254 041) 229563, 230939/40 Tel.: (+254 057) 23549, 22396 Tel.: (+254 051) 210553, 210555 Fax: (+254 041) 229448 Fax: (+254 057) 21814 © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved iii
DKS 28-1:2019 Foreword This Kenya Standard was prepared by the Milk and Milk Products Technical Committee under the guidance of the Standards Projects Committee, and it is in accordance with the procedures of the Kenya Bureau of Standards. Cheese is the ripened or unripened soft, semi-hard, hard, or extra-hard milk product, which consists of high concentration of the constituents of milk, principally fat, casein and soluble salts, together with water in which small amounts of soluble salts, lactose, and albumin from milk is coagulated. The milk is coagulated by means of rennet and/or other protease enzymes. it is therefore important to use milk of good quality to obtain high quality cheese. There are various types of cheese that are produced and marketed worldwide. This standard specifies the general requirements for all types of cheeses produced and marketed in Kenya. During the preparation of this standard, reference was made to the following document: General standard for cheese, CXS 283-1978 Acknowledgement is hereby made for the assistance derived from these sources. iv © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved
KENYA STANDARD DKS 28-1: 2019 Cheese — Specification Part 1: General requirements 1 Scope This Kenya Standard specifies the general requirements, sampling and test methods for cheeses intended for direct consumption and/ or for further processing. It applies to all products in compliance with the definition of cheese including those varieties of cheese for which individual or group standards have been developed. Subject to the provisions of this standard, standards for cheeses may contain provisions which are more specific than those in this standard and, in such cases, those more specific provisions shall apply to the individual variety or groups of varieties of cheese. 2 Normative references The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion KS CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives KS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed KS CXS 206-1999, General Standard for the Use of Dairy Terms KS EAS 153 –Drinking (portable) water specification KS EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods KS EAS 805, Use of Nutrition and health claims KS 28-1, General standard for cheese KS 229, Standard for edible salt KS 2850, cheese in brine specification KS 1552, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products KS ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling KS ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products - Determination of fat content - Gravimetric method (Reference method) KS ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feed Stuffs-Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms-colony count Technique at 30 KS ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs- Horizontal method for the enumeration of coliforms-colony-count technique KS ISO 5534, Cheese and processed cheese _ Determination of the total solids content (Reference method) KS ISO 5943, Cheese and processed cheese products Determination of Sodium chloride content Potentiometric titration method KS ISO 6785:2001, Milk and milk products – Detection of Salmonella spp KS ISO 6888–1:1999 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird-Parker agar medium KS ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony-forming units of yeasts and/or moulds — Colony-count technique at 25 degrees C KS ISO/TS 6733, Milk and milk products -- Determination of lead content -- Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method KS ISO 11290-2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 2: Enumeration method © KEBS 2018 — All rights reserved 1
KS ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder - Determination of aflatoxin M content - Clean-up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high-performance liquid chromatography KS ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number technique KS ISO 55381: Milk and milk products - Sampling - Inspection by attributes. KS ISO 16649–2:2001, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of beta-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli – Part 1: Colony-count technique at 44°C using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl Beta-D-glucuronide 3 Description 3.1 Cheese Is the ripened or unripened soft, semi-hard, hard, or extra-hard product, which may be coated, and in which the whey protein/casein ratio does not exceed that of milk, obtained by: a) coagulating wholly or partly the protein of milk, skimmed milk, partly skimmed milk, cream, whey cream or buttermilk, or any combination of these materials, through the action of rennet or other suitable coagulating agents, and by partially draining the whey resulting from the coagulation, while respecting the principle that cheese-making results in a concentration of milk protein (in particular, the casein portion), and that consequently, the protein content of the cheese will be distinctly higher than the protein level of the blend of the above milk materials from which the cheese was made; and/or b) processing techniques involving coagulation of the protein of milk and/or products obtained from milk which give an end-product with similar physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics as the product defined under (a). 3.2 Ripened cheese Is cheese which is not ready for consumption shortly after manufacture but which must be held for such time, at such temperature, and under such other conditions as will result in the necessary biochemical and physical changes characterizing the cheese in question. 3.3 Mould ripened cheese Is a ripened cheese in which the ripening has been accomplished primarily by the development of characteristic mould growth throughout the interior and/or on the surface of the cheese. 3.4 Unripened cheese including fresh cheese Is cheese which is ready for consumption shortly after manufacture. 4 Essential composition and quality factors 4.1 Raw materials Milk and/or products obtained from milk complying with the relevant Kenya Standards. 4.3 Permitted ingredients The following ingredients shall be permitted in cheese: a) Starter cultures of harmless lactic acid and/or flavour producing bacteria and cultures of other harmless microorganisms. b) Safe and suitable enzymes. 2 © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved
DKS 28-1:2019 c) Sodium chloride complying with KS 229 d) Potable water complying with KS EAS 153. 4.4 Compositional requirements The following requirements given in Table 1 and Table 2 shall be applicable to all cheeses. However, this classification shall not preclude the designation of more specific requirements in individual cheese standards and those specified in annex B of this standard. Table 1 — Classification of cheese according to firmness and ripening/curing characteristics S/N According to firmness: Term 1 According to principal ripening: If MFFB% equals; Designation shall be; Term 2, shall be; i) Ripened or cured: < 51 Extra hard a) mainly surface b) mainly interior ii) 49 – 56 Hard Mould ripened or cured: a) mainly surface b) mainly interior iii) 54 – 69 Firm/semi-hard Unripened/fresh iv) > 67 Soft In brine a) MFFB equals percentage moisture on a fat-free basis, i.e. weight of moisture in the cheese ×100 total weight of cheese - weight of fat in the cheese Table 2 — Classification of cheese according to fat content Requirement Term II Term III The second phrase in Designation according to principal curing If FDM (%), m/m, the designation shall characteristics equals; be; ≥60% High fat i)cured or ripened: a) mainly surface 45% – 60% Full fat b) mainly interior ii)mould cured or ripened: 25% – 45% Medium fat a) mainly surface b) mainly interior 10% – 25% Partially skimmed /low fat iii) uncured or unripened
fat content of the cheese ×100 total weight of cheese - weight of moisture in the cheese Example: The description of a cheese with moisture on a fat-free basis of 57 % and fat on a dry basis of 53 %, which is cured in a manner similar to that in which Roquefort is cured, would be: semi-hard full fat interior mould cured cheese (Term I) (Term II) (Term III) 4.5 When tested in accordance with KS ISO 5943 the limit of salt content shall not exceed 3% 5 Food additives Only those food additives listed below may be used and only within the limits specified. Unripened cheeses As listed in the Group Standard for Unripened Cheese Including Fresh Cheese (KS 2787). Cheeses in brine As listed in the Standard for Cheeses in Brine (KS 2850). Ripened cheeses, including mould ripened cheeses Additives not listed below but provided for in Kenya and codex individual standards for varieties of ripened cheeses may also be used for similar types of cheese within the limits specified within those standards. Table 3 — List of food additive INS no. Name of additive Maximum level Colours 100 Curcumins (for edible cheese rind) Limited by GMP 101 Riboflavins Limited by GMP 120 Carmines (for red marbled cheeses Limited by GMP only) 140 Chlorophyll (for green marbled Limited by GMP cheeses only) 141 Chlorophylls, copper complexes 15 mg/kg 160a(i) Carotene, beta-, synthetic 25mg/kg 160a(ii) Carotenes, beta-, vegetable 600 mg/kg 160b(ii) Annatto extracts, norbixin based 50 mg/kg 160c Paprika oleoresin Limited by GMP 160e Carotenal, beta-apo-8’- 35 mg/kg 160f Carotenoic acid, ethyl ester, beta- 35 mg/kg apo-8’- 162 Beet red Limited by GMP 4 © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved
DKS 28-1:2019 171 Titanium dioxide Limited by GMP Acidity regulators 170 Calcium carbonates 504 Magnesium carbonates Limited by GMP 575 Glucono delta-lactone Preservatives 200 Sorbic acid 202 Potassium sorbate 3 000 mg/kg calculated as sorbic acid 203 Calcium sorbate 234 Nisin 12.5 mg/kg 239 Hexamethylene tetramine 25 mg/kg, expressed as formaldehyde (Provolone only) 251 Sodium nitrate 50 mg/kg, expressed as NaNO3 252 Potassium nitrate 280 Propionic acid 3 000 mg/kg, calculated as propionic 281 Sodium propionate acid 282 Calcium propionate 1105 Lysozyme Limited by GMP For surface/rind treatment only: 200 Sorbic acid 1000mg/kg singly or in combination, 202 Potassium sorbate calculated as sorbic acid 203 Calcium sorbate INS no. Name of additive Maximum level 235 Natamycin (pimaricin) 2 mg/dm 2 of surface. Not present in a depth of 5 mm Miscellaneous additive 508 Potassium chloride Limited by GMP Anti-caking agents (Sliced, cut, shredded or grated cheese) 460 Celluloses Limited by GMP 551 Silicon dioxide, amorphous 552 Calcium silicate 10 000mg/kg singly or in combination. 553 Magnesium silicates Silicates calculated as silicon dioxide 560 Potassium silicate Preservatives 200 Sorbic acid © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved 5
202 Potassium sorbate 1000 mg/kg singly or in combination, calculated as sorbic acid 203 Calcium sorbate 6 Hygiene 6.1 It is recommended that the products covered by the provisions of this standard be prepared and handled in accordance with the Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products (KS 1552) and other relevant texts such as Codes of Hygienic Practice and Codes of Practice. The products should comply with any microbiological criteria established in accordance with the Principles and Guidelines for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria Related to Foods (KS CXG 21-1997). 6.2 The products shall comply with microbiological criteria established in Table 4 below; Table 4 — Microbiological requirements for all cheese S/N Quality Requirement Test method , i) Total coliforms ,CFU/g, max 100 KS ISO 4832 ii) Listeria monocytogenes, CFU/25g Absent KS ISO 11290-2 iii) Salmonella spp.CFU/25g Absent KS ISO 6785 iv) Staphylococcus aureus, CFU/g Absent KS ISO 6888-1 v) Escherichia coli, cfu/g Absent KS ISO 7251 Yeast and moulds, CFU/g, max 10 KS ISO 6611 6.3 Fresh cheese shall also comply with the microbiological requirements given in Table 5 below; Table 5 — Additional microbiological requirements for all fresh cheese S/N Quality Requirement Test method i) Yeast and mould, CFU/g Max 100 KS ISO 6611 ii) S.aureaus, CFU/g Max. 10 KS ISO 6888-1 7 Contaminants The products covered by this standard shall comply with the maximum levels for contaminants that are specified for the product in the General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed (CXS 193-1995). 7.1 Heavy metals When tested in accordance with AOAC 999.10 or KS ISO/TS 6733, the level of lead (Pb) shall not exceed 0.02 mg/kg. 7.2 Pesticide residues All cheeses shall conform to maximum limits residues set by Codex Alimentarius Commission. 6 © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved
DKS 28-1:2019 7.3 Mycotoxin residues When tested in accordance with ISO 14501 the level of Aflatoxin M1 shall not exceed 0.50 µg/kg. 7.4 Veterinary drugs residues Cheeses shall conform to maximum tolerable residue limits for antibiotics and other veterinary drugs set by Codex Alimentarius Commission. 9 Packaging All cheese shall be packed in food grade material that ensures product safety and integrity. 10 Labelling In addition to the provisions of the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (KS EAS 38), Use of Nutrition and health claims (KS EAS 805), and the General Standard for the Use of Dairy Terms (KS CXS 206-1999), the following specific provisions apply 10.1 Name of the food 10.1.1 The name of the food shall be cheese or other names as defined in 3.3 to 3.4. However, the word “cheese” may be omitted in the designation of an individual cheese variety reserved by a standard for individual cheeses, and, in the absence thereof, a variety name specified in the national legislation of the country in which the product is sold, provided that the omission does not create an erroneous impression regarding the character of the food. 10.1.2 In case the product is not designated with a variety name but with the designation "cheese" alone, the designation may be accompanied by the appropriate descriptive terms given in table 1. For example; The designation of a cheese with moisture on a fat-free basis of 57 % which is ripened in a manner similar in which Danablu is ripened would be: "Mould ripened firm cheese or firm mould ripened cheese." 10.2 Declaration of milk fat content The milk fat content shall be declared in a manner found acceptable in the country of sale to the final consumer, either (i) as a percentage by mass, (ii) as a percentage of fat in dry matter, or (iii) in grams per serving as quantified in the label provided that the number of servings is stated. Additionally, the following terms may be used: High fat ( if the content of FDM is above or equal to 60%) Full fat (if the content of FDM is above or equal to 45% and less than 60%) Medium fat ( if the content of FDM is above or equal to 25% and less than 45%) Partially skimmed (if the content of FDM is above or equal to 10% and less than 25%) Skim (if the content of FDM is less than 10%) 10.4 Country of manufacture (origin) In the case of cheeses sold in the home market and designated by the name of cheese not originating in the producing country, the original cheese, or where not possible, the original pack or prepared consumer pack shall be marked with 'the name, or other clear indication, of the producing country'. Other clear indication could include things such as a clear statement of the full address of the manufacturer or the name of a well-recognized state, region or province of the producing country. © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved 7
10.5 The name and address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, importer, exporter or vendor of the food shall be declared. 10.6 Net contents The net contents shall be declared by weight in either the metric ("Système International" units) or as required by the country in which the product is sold. 10.7 List of Ingredients A complete list of ingredients shall be declared on the label in descending order of proportion. 10.8 storage instructions or conditions for use 10. 9 date of manufacture 10.10 Expiry date; 10.11 batch code/number 10.12 lot identification However, lot identification, and the name and address of the manufacturer or packer may be replaced by an identification mark, provided that such a mark is clearly identifiable with the accompanying documents. 11 Methods of sampling and analysis 11.1 Sampling shall be carried out in accordance with the latest version of KS ISO 707"Milk and Milk products - Guidance on sampling" and in KS ISO 55381: Milk and milk products - Sampling - Inspection by attributes. 11.2 Analysis for cheese shall be carried out in accordance to appropriate standard methods declared in this standard. Other test may be performed as per the methods given in the latest AOAC/ Codex/ ISO and other internationally recognized methods Annex A (informative) Cheese characteristics 8 © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved
DKS 28-1:2019 A.1 Cheese rind During ripening of the moulded cheese curd in natural creation or in environments in which the air humidity and, possibly, air composition are controlled, the outside of the cheese will develop into a semi-closed layer with a lower moisture content. This part of the cheese is called rind. The rind is constituted of cheese mass which, at the start of the ripening, is of the same composition as the internal part of the cheese. In many cases, the brining of cheese initiates the formation of rind. Due to the influence of the salt gradient in the brine, of oxygen, of drying out and of other reactions, the rind successively becomes of a somewhat different composition than the interior of the cheese and often presents a more bitter taste. During or after ripening the cheese rind can be treated or can be naturally colonized with desired cultures of microorganisms, for instance Penicillium candidum or Brevibacterium linens. The resulting layer, in some cases referred to as smear, forms a part of the rind. Rindless cheese is ripened by the use of a ripening film. The outer part of that cheese does not develop a rind with lower moisture content although influence of light of course can cause some difference compared to the inner part. A.2 Cheese surface The term "cheese surface" is used for the outside layer of cheese or parts of cheese, even in the sliced, shredded or grated form. The term includes the outside of the whole cheese, disregarding whether a rind has been formed or not. A.3 Cheese coatings Cheese can be coated prior to the ripening, during the ripening process or when the ripening has been finished. When a coating is used during ripening the purpose of the coating is to regulate the moisture content of the cheese and to protect the cheese against microorganisms. Coating of a cheese after the ripening has been finished is done to protect the cheese against microorganisms and other contamination, to protect the cheese from physical damage during transport and distribution and/or to give the cheese a specific appearance (e.g. coloured). Coating can be distinguished very easily from rind, as coatings are made of non-cheese material, and very often it is possible to remove the coating again by brushing, rubbing or peeling it off. Cheese can be coated with: A film, very often polyvinyl acetate, but also other artificial material or material composed of natural ingredients, which helps to regulate the humidity during ripening and protects the cheese against microorganisms (for example, ripening films). NOTE Wheat gluten or wheat protein products should not be used for technological reasons e.g. coating or processing aids for foods which are gluten-free by nature - Codex Standard for Wheat Protein Products including Wheat Gluten. A layer, mostly wax, paraffin or a plastic, which normally is impermeable to moisture, to protect the cheese after ripening against microorganisms and against physical damage during retail handling and, in some cases to contribute to the presentation of the cheese. Annex B (normative) © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved 9
Classification of cheese according to firmness, fat content and dry matter content The following classification shall be applicable to all cheeses covered by this standard. However, this classification shall not preclude the designation of more specific requirements in individual cheese standards. Table B.1 — Classification of cheese Type of cheese Class/ Class Alternate class Fat in dry matter Minimum designation designation content dry matter Minimum Maximum content (%)(m/m) (%)(m/m) (%)(m/m) 1. Hard cheeses High fat cheese Unspecified 60 56 (Full fat) cheese Asiago 45 * 63 Cacciocavallo 45 * 64 Cheddar 48 * 61 Emmental 45 * 60 Gruyere 45 * 62 Mature cheddar 48 * 62 Pecorino 45 * 60 Samso 45 * 54 Unspecified: 45 59 60 e.g Romano Pepato Swiss Gouda Cheshire Sapsago Medium fat Medium fat cheddar 35 47 48 cheeses Medium fat Pecorino 25 44 56 Medium fat Samso 35 44 46 Parmesan 25 44 64 Reggiano 30 45 67 Unspecified 10 44 52 2. Semi hard cheeses High fat cheese Drakensberg 56 * 56 Unspecified 60 * 60 High fat blue Unspecified 60 * 52 mould cheese 10 © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved
DKS 28-1:2019 High fat blue Baby Gouda 48 60 55 mould cheese Cheshire 48 * 56 Danbo 45 * 52 Edam 38 * 47 Feta 45 * * Gouda or sweet milk 48 * 55 Halloumi 45 * 52 Harvarti 45 * 50 Mozzarella 45 * 31 Provolone 45 * 51 Tilsiter 45 * 55 Washed curd cheese 45 * 52 Unspecified: 45 59 50 e.g. Pizza cheese String cheese Baby swiss cheese Processed cheeses Lancashire Limburger Munster Brick (Full fat) blue Blue Stilton 45 * 56 Wensleydale 56 * 56 unspecified 50 59 52 (Full fat) white Stilton, White Stilton 50 * 56 mould cheese Wensleydale 45 * 56 Unspecified 50 59 50 Medium fat cheese Cumin 40 44 53 Medium fat Danbo 35 44 44 Medium fat feta 30 44 34 Medium fat Gouda 38 47 48 Medium fat Harvati 38 44 46 Medium fat Mozarrella 30 44 26 Medium fat Tilsiter 35 44 49 Unspecified 10 44 34 Medium fat white Unspecified * 10 * © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved 11
mould cheese 3. Semi-Soft cheeses High fat cheese Unspecified 60 * 55 (Full fat) cheese Unspecified 45 59 48 (Full fat) white mould Brie 45 * 43 ripened cheese Bel Paese 45 * 50 Camembert 45 * 43 Saint (St) Paulin 40 * 44 Unspecified: 40 * 43 e.g. White-veined cheese (Full fat) blue mould Gorgonzola 50 60 5 ripened cheese Roquefort 50 60 56 Unspecified 48 54 40 Blue- veined cheese Medium fat cheese Robiola 35 44 35 Unspecified 25 44 * Medium fat white Medium fat brie 40 44 44 mould cheese Medium fat camembert 40 44 41 unspecified 10 44 20 4. Soft cheese High-fat cheese Unspecified 60 * 50 (Full fat) cheese Coulommiers 40 * 42 Limburger 45 * 38 Ricotta 50 59 45 Romadur 45 * 40 Unspecified: 45 59 40 e.g. Cottage cheese Cream cheese Paneer Ricotta Mascarpone Queso blanco Fresh goat cheese Liptau Romadur Medium fat cheese Medium fat ricotta 25 44 25 Unspecified: 10 44 20 * Not specified 12 © KEBS 2019 — All rights reserved
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