# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 584/2011 of 17 June 2011 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Grana Padano (PDO)), Division 3.6: Specific rules concerning slicing, grating, packaging, etc.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Grating and related packaging must take place within the production area defined in point 4 since fresh grated cheese is a highly sensitive product and the preservation of its organoleptic characteristics requires it to be packaged immediately in conditions such as to avoid any drying out; furthermore, immediate packaging in packs bearing the designation of origin is more likely to ensure the authenticity of the grated product, which by nature is more difficult to identify than a whole cheese (as confirmed by the judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-469/00).
The use, for the production of grated ‘Grana Padano’, of cheese left over from the cutting and packaging of ‘Grana Padano PDO’ marketed in pieces of varying and/or fixed weight, as blocks, cubes, bite-sized pieces, etc., is permitted only under the following conditions: the maximum proportion of rind must be 18 %; traceability of the whole ‘Grana Padano PDO’ cheese from which the leftover cheese comes must be ensured at all times; where leftover cheese is to be used later and/or transferred from one establishment to another, it must be sorted by registration number and month of production; it may be transferred only within the same farm or between farms of the same group and only within the area of origin. The marketing of leftover cheese for the production of grated ‘Grana Padano’ is therefore prohibited.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/584/annex/II/division/SINGLE/division/3/division/3.6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-584/annex-II/division-SINGLE/division-3/division-3.6
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