{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1595/annex/division-SINGLE/division-1/division-3/division-3.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1595/annex/division-SINGLE/division-1/division-3/division-3.2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2017/1595",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1595 of 21 September 2017 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Gorgonzola (PDO))",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1595",
  "path": "annex/division/SINGLE/division/1/division/3/division/3.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.2",
  "heading": "Description of product to which the name in (1) applies",
  "text": "‘Gorgonzola’ is a blue-veined cheese made exclusively from pasteurised whole cows' milk, that has a homogeneous, white and pale yellow, raw paste, with characteristic blue-green and/or grey-blue veins due to the development of mould (marbling).\n‘Gorgonzola’ has the following characteristics:\nshape:\ncylindrical, with flat ends and a straight side,\ndimensions: minimum height of the side 13 cm; diameter between 20 and 32 cm,\nclassification on the basis of weight, flavour and maturation:\n1.. large wheel, mild type: from 9 to 13,5 kg with a mild taste and a maturation period of a minimum of 50 days and a maximum of 150 days;\n2.. large wheel, strong type: from 9 to 13,5 kg with a pronounced strong taste and a maturation period of a minimum of 80 days and a maximum of 270 days;\n3.. small wheel, strong type: from 5,5 to less than 9 kg with a pronounced strong taste and a maturation period of a minimum of 60 days and a maximum of 200 days,\nrind: grey and/or pink in colour, non-edible;\npaste: homogeneous, white and pale yellow, with mould (marbling) producing characteristic blue-green and/or grey-blue veins,\nfat content in the dry matter: minimum 48 %.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1595/annex/division/SINGLE/division/1/division/3/division/3.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:34.179898+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}