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Ordinance on butter and Amendment of other Dairy Products Ordinances.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 7, 7 February 1997, pp. 144-153.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Milk/dairy products Packaging/labelling Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety International trade Standards
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

Article 2 contains supplementary regulations as to the production of butter, and article 3 as to the marking and labelling of butter. The Ordinance deals also with issues such as various qualities of butter and the production of high quality butter, namely "German Quality Butter" as well as its control, butter from non-member countries, etc. Annex 1 lays down specific regulations for the survey of the production of quality butter.

Full text
German

References - Legislation

Amends

Cheese Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1965 (2021)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Milk/dairy products, Packaging/labelling, Food additives, Offences/penalties, Monitoring, Research, Enforcement/compliance, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Milk Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1995 (2004)

Keyword: Milk/dairy products, Treated food, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Standards, Residues, International trade, Offences/penalties, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX