The Americas – Brazil: Regulation establishing identity and quality requirements for milk fat for industrial use approved

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply published the SDA Ordinance No. 537 approving the Technical Regulation that establishes the requirements of identity and quality of dairy fat for industrial use.

For the purposes of these regulations, milk fat for industrial use is considered to be the product recovered by means of technologically appropriate processes:

I – water from cheese straining;

II – From the skimming of sour milk;

III – Whey, obtained from the manufacture of cheese; or

IV – Whey.