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Introduction

How cheese is made

Hazard analysis and your business

Milk production

Cheesemaking

Cheese retailers

Staff hygeine and training

Milk and cheesemaking: The Law

Food Law inspections and your business

Glossary of terms

Annex A: Flow Charts Describing the Process of Cheesemaking

Annex B: Examples of Written Cleaning Schedules

Annex C: Standards for Milk to be used in Cheese, and Microbiological Standards for Cheese

Annex D: Guide to the Correct Temperatures for Maturing or Ripening Cheese

Annex E: Examples of Cheesemaking Logs

 

 

The Specialist Cheesemakers Code of Best Practice

Annex D: Guide to the Correct Temperatures for Maturing or Ripening Cheese

Guide to the Correct Temperatures for Maturing or Ripening Cheese for Affineurs and Retailers

 

  A B C
Hard Cheeses 12 - 15 oC 8 - 12 oC 6 - 8 oC
Soft Cheeses 10 - 15 oC 6 - 12 oC 6 - 8 oC
Semi Soft Cheeses 10 - 15 oC 8 - 10 oC 6 - 8 oC
Blue Cheeses 10 - 15 oC 6 - 10 oC 4 - 8 oC
Washed Rind Cheeses 12 - 15 oC 8 - 12 oC 6 - 8 oC

 

A = the cheese is insufficiently mature or ripe and you need to bring it on at the final stages of maturing or ripening.

B = Good normal maturing and ripening temperatures. The relatively wide range of temperatures reflects the diverse range of cheeses. Experience will dictate which cheeses like which temperatures.

C = If the cheese is fully ripe and you wish to hold it back.

 

 

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