更多关于干酪和干酪产品的法规，请详见美国FDA 21 CFR 第133部分关于干酪和干酪产品的法规汇总。
§ 133.156 Low-moisture mozzarella and scamorza cheese.
（a） De
（2） The phenol equivalent value of 0.25 gram of low-moisture mozzarella cheese is not more than 3 micrograms as determined by the method described in §133.5.
（3） One or more of the dairy ingredients specified in paragraph （b）（1） of this section may be warmed and is subjected to the action of a lactic acid-producing bacterial culture. One or more of the clotting enzymes specified in paragraph （b）（2） of this action is added to set the dairy ingredients to a semisolid mass. The mass is cut, stirred, and allowed to stand. It may be reheated and again stirred. The whey is drained and the curd may be cut and piled to promote further separation of whey. It may be washed with cold water and the water drained off. The curd may be collected in bundles for further drainage and for ripening. The curd may be iced, it may be held under refrigeration, and it may be permitted to warm to room temperature and ripen further. The curd may be cut. It is immersed in hot water or heated with steam and is kneaded and stretched until smooth and free of lumps. It is then cut and molded. In molding, the curd is kept sufficiently warm to cause proper sealing of the surface. The molded curd is firmed by immersion in cold water and drained. One or more of the other optional ingredients specified in paragraph （b）（3） of this section may be added during the procedure.
（b） Optional ingredients. The following safe and suitable ingredients may be used:
（1） Dairy ingredients. Cow's milk, nonfat milk, or cream, as defined in §133.3, or the corresponding products of water buffalo origin, except that cow's milk products are not combined with water buffalo products.
（2） Clotting enzymes. Rennet and/or clotting enzymes of animal, plant, or microbial origin.
（3） Other optional ingredients. （i） Vinegar.
（ii） Coloring to mask any natural yellow color in the curd.
（iii） Salt.
（iv） Calcium chloride in an amount not more than 0.02 percent （calculated as anhydrous calcium chloride） of the weight of the dairy ingredients, used as a coagulation aid.
（v） Antimycotics, the cumulative levels of which shall not exceed current good manufacturing practices, may be added to the cheese during the kneading and stretching process and/or applied to the surface of the cheese.
（c） Nomenclature. The names of the food is “low-moisture mozzarella cheese” or, alternatively, “low-moisture scamorza cheese”。 When the food is made with water buffalo milk, the name of the food is accompanied by the phrase “made with water buffalo milk”。
（d） Label declaration. Each of the ingredients used in the food shall be declared on the label as required by the applicable sections of parts 101 and 130 of this chapter, except that:
（1） Enzymes of animal, plant, or microbial origin may be declared as “enzymes”； and
（2） The dairy ingredients may be declared, in descending order of predominance, by the use of the terms “milkfat and nonfat milk” or “nonfat milk and milkfat”， “milkfat from water buffalo milk and nonfat water buffalo milk” or “nonfat water buffalo ） The dairy ingredients may be declared, in descending order of predominance, by the use of the terms “milkfat and nonfat milk” or “nonfat milk and milkfat”， “milkfat from water buffalo milk and nonfat water buffalo milk” or “nonfat water buffalo milk and milkfat from water buffalo milk”， as appropriate.
[53 FR 3743, Feb. 9, 1988, as amended at 58 FR 2893, Jan. 6, 1993]
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