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Butter is both a legally protected name at European level since the publication of a single European CMO regulation (no. 1234/2007), and a generic term that actually encompasses several families of solid dairy fats. It is defined in Decree no. 88-1204 of December 30, 1988 (version in force on May 2, 2021), regulating the manufacture and sale of butter and certain dairy specialties as follows: "the name 'butter' is reserved for a dairy product, of the water-in-fat emulsion type, obtained by physical processes, the constituents of which are of dairy origin". With or without a qualifier (semi-salted, salted, etc.), butter must be composed of a minimum of 82% butterfat, a maximum of 16% water, and a maximum of 2% non-fat dry matter. Butter comes in several categories:...
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Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products
Decree no. 88-1204 of December 30, 1988, regulating the manufacture and sale of butter and certain dairy specialties (version in force on May 2, 2021).
Decree no. 84-1147 of December 7, 1984 implementing...
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