Packaging of natural cheese

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Blocks of natural cheese are packed in layers in an open-ended upright container for, maturing, by depositing each layer of cheese blocks on an elevator within the container and lowering the elevator as successive layers of cheese blocks are fed into the top of the container. The cheese blocks for each layer are assembled on a platform which is moved into a position above the container and the cheese blocks slid off the platform to drop into the container. The cheese blocks are freshly made and at a temperature between 24 - 32°C so that the cheese blocks fuse together in the container to form a homogeneous mass of cheese in the container.