cheese definition

cheese means a food product derived from milk that is produced in a wide range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein.
cheese means the fresh or matured product intended for sale for human consumption, which is obtained as follows—
cheese means cheese, whether or not containing flavouring or colouring matter, and whether or not coated or mixed with other food for the purpose of giving the cheese a distinctive appearance or flavour, and includes processed cheese and cheese spread;

More Definitions of cheese

cheese means natural cheeses, processed cheeses, blended cheeses, cheese foods, cheese spreads, nonstandard cheese products, and related foods described in 21 CFR part 133.
cheese means the substance commonly known as cheese containing no fat other than butterfat;
cheese means the product obtained by the draining of coagulated milk, cream, skim milk or a mixture of two or more of the said products, but does not include soft cheese normally consumed in a fresh state;”;
cheese means a dairy product prepared from the pressed curd of milk and includes the following varieties with or without rind formation:
cheese means the substance commonly known as cheese containing no fat other than butterfat; "class", in relation to dairy produce, includes grade, quality, standard and type;
cheese means any cheese made by coagulating the casein of whole milk, cream, skim milk, recombined whole or skim milk or mixtures thereof with or without the addition of proportionately small amount of other ingredients such as ripening ferments, rennet, harmless acid producing bacterial cultures, special mould cultures, salt seasoning, flavouring and colouring materials and preservatives;
cheese means cream cheese, natural cheese, processed cheese, cottage cheese and string cheese type cheeses.