APPENDIX XXIV
PROPOSED DRAFT
TEMPLATE FOR FERMENTED MILK DRINKS PROVISIONS1
(at Step 3)
2.4 Composite Fermented Milk Drinks
Composite Fermented Milk Drinks are composite milk products, as defined in Section 2.3 of the Codex General Standard for the Use of Dairy Terms (CODEX STAN 206-1999), obtained by mixing Fermented Milk, non-dairy ingredients, and/or flavours and water. Composite Fermented Milk Drinks contain a minimum of 40% (w/w) dairy ingredients. The non-dairy ingredients and/or flavours and water can be mixed in prior to/or after fermentation.“
3.1 Raw ingredients
– “Potable water for the use in reconstitution and recombination, and in products covered by Section 2.4”
3.2 Permitted ingredients
– "Gelatine and starch in:
- Fermented milks heat treated after fermentation
- Flavoured fermented milks, Composite Fermented Milk Drinks, and
- Plain fermented milks if permitted by national legislation in the country of sale to the final consumer,
provided that they are added in amounts.....etc.”
3.3 Composition
“In Flavoured fermented milks and Composite Fermented Milk drinks the above criteria apply to the Fermented Milk part. ....etc.”
“Flavoured and Composite Fermented Milk Drinks”
7.1 Name of the food
Section 7.1.3.
Other Composite Fermented Milks shall be designated by descriptive terms that are not misleading or confusing to the consumer, in accordance with section 4.1.1.3 of the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (CODEX STAN 1-1985, Rev. 1-1991, Codex Alimentarius, Volume 1A). Products covered by this Standard may be qualified by terms that refer to the viscosity of the product, such as “drink” or “drinkable”, provided that they comply with applicable sections of the Standard and that their use is not misleading or confusing to the consumer.
1 Although no decision has been made on how to proceed with the new work on fermented milk drinks (i.e. to add these provisions to the Codex Standards for Fermented Milks or to develop a new Standard) the following template is to be read in conjunctionwith the Codex Stndard for Fermented Milks (see paras. 144-147).