Food and Drug Regulations

B.08.048 (1) Subject to section B.08.054, no person shall sell cheese, including cheese curd, made from a pasteurized source if the cheese contains more than

• (a) 100 Escherichia coli, or

• (b) 100 Staphylococcus aureus

per gram, as determined by official method MFO-14, Microbiological Examination of Cheese, November 30, 1983.

(2) No person shall sell cheese, made from an unpasteurized source if the cheese contains more than

• (a) 500 Escherichia coli, or

• (b) 1,000 Staphylococcus aureus

per gram, as determined by official method MFO-14, Microbiological Examination of Cheese, November 30, 1983.