LGC 9.12 - Cheese Deregulation Act - Passed

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Cheese Deregulation Act

Section I: Defining Natural Cheese

Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(ss) (1) The term ‘natural cheese’ means cheese that is a ripened or unripened soft, semi-soft, or hard product, which may be coated, that is produced by:

(i) coagulating wholly or partly the protein of milk, skimmed milk, partly skimmed milk, cream, whey cream, or buttermilk, or any combination of such ingredients, through the action of rennet or other suitable coagulating agents, and by partially draining the whey resulting from the coagulation, while respecting the principle that cheese-making results in a concentration of milk protein (in particular, the casein portion), and that consequently, the protein content of the cheese will be distinctly higher than the protein level of the blend of the above milk materials from which the cheese was made; or

(ii) processing techniques involving coagulation of the protein of milk or products obtained from milk to produce an end-product with similar physical, chemical, and organoleptic characteristics as the product described in subclause (i); or

(iii) in accordance with standards of identity under part 133 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations), other than the standards described in subparagraph (2) or any future standards adopted by the Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (2)(I).

(2) Such term does not include—

(A) pasteurized process cheeses as defined in section 133.169, 133.170, or 133.171 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);

(B) pasteurized process cheese foods as defined in section 133.173 or 133.174 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);

(C) pasteurized cheese spreads as defined in section 133.175, 133.176, or 133.178 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);

(D) pasteurized process cheese spreads as defined in section 133.179 or 133.180 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);

(E) pasteurized blended cheeses as defined in section 133.167 or 133.168 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);

(F) any products comparable to any product described in any of clauses (A) through (E); or

(G) cold pack cheeses as defined in section 133.123, 133.124, or 133.125 title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);

(H) grated American cheese food as defined in section 133.147 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations); or

(I) any other product the Secretary may designate as a process cheese.

(3) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘milk’ has the meaning given such term in section 133.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations) and includes the lacteal secretions from animals other than cows.”.

Section II: Eliminating Regulations on Cheese

i. Any Regulation that prohibits the aging of cheese, or types of cheese, on wooden pallets, is hereby repealed.
ii. The allowable level of nontoxigenic E. Coli in imported cheeses is hereby increased from 10 MPN (Most Probable Number) to 100 MPN.
iii. No state of the Lincoln Region shall prohibit the sale of spiced cheese on the basis that its spices are not evenly distributed.
iv. No state of the Lincoln Region shall inspect a private home where Yogurt is prepared and/or processed, provided that the equilibrium pH Value of the Yogurt is 4.6 .

Section III: Effective Date

This act will take effect 21 days after passage.

Sponsor: Speaker Dwarven Dragon
Occupying: Slot 2 of 8

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

This commonsense bill, which has been enacted for years in the South, enacts key deregulation on Cheese.

Section 1 of this bill deregulates the definition of natural cheese, ensuring that it includes all standard types of cheese and products substantially based from natural cheese, including things like Feta Cheese and ranch-coated cheese curds. It also ensures that processed cheese, like Velvetta or Kraft Singles, is not counted as natural cheese. This common sense legislation passed the 115th US Senate with bipartisan support, unfortunately it failed to reach the necessary 2/3 threshold that the house required to pass legislation at such a late date, though it did get a bipartisan vote of 230-162. In accordance with typical atlasian procedures, the bill has been stripped of congressional jargon so that we are only voting on its major provisions. I encourage Lincoln to do better than the alternate universe by actually passing this into law.

Section 2 of the bill combines several proposals from Mr. Reactionary to deregulate the sale of aged cheese, spiced cheese, imported cheese, and the processing of yogurt in the home.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Motion for a final vote

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A vote on this is beginning.

Aye

[ZMUN M441]

Aye

[GregTheGreat657]

Aye

[nerd73]

Nay

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Passes 3-1

[Joseph Cao]

[Former President tack50]

X tack50