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2012 Edition

national industry 311513

Cheese Manufacturing

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing cheese products (except cottage cheese) from raw milk and/or processed milk products and/or (2) manufacturing cheese substitutes from soybean and other nondairy substances.

The immediate parent of national industry 311513 is international industry 31151: Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Manufacturing cheese-based salad dressings:are classified in U.S. Industry 311941, Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing; and
  • Manufacturing cottage cheese:are classified in U.S. Industry 311511, Fluid Milk Manufacturing.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 311513 - Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
  2. 311513 - Cheese analogs manufacturing
  3. 311513 - Cheese products, imitation or substitute, manufacturing
  4. 311513 - Cheese spreads manufacturing
  5. 311513 - Cheese, imitation or substitute, manufacturing
  6. 311513 - Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing
  7. 311513 - Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing
  8. 311513 - Dips, cheese based, manufacturing
  9. 311513 - Processed cheeses manufacturing
  10. 311513 - Spreads, cheese, manufacturing
  11. 311513 - Whey, raw, liquid, manufacturing

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 311513
2007 311513
2012 311513
2017 311513
2022 311513

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 2022 - Natural, Processed, and Imitation Cheese

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 311513, Cheese Manufacturing:

  1. cheese factory
  2. cheese manufacturing
  3. cheese manufacturing natural processed and imitation
  4. creamery and dairy product manufacturing
  5. creamery and route supervisor
  6. creamery dairy product manufacturing
  7. creamery or dairy
  8. dairy product except frozen manufacturing
  9. dairy product including egg honey creamery
  10. dairy product manufacturing
  11. dairy product or ice manufacturing
  12. employment contractor temporary food product manufacturing not otherwise classified staff de pa
  13. food manufacturing
  14. food product manufacturing
  15. food product manufacturing not dry in other than glass container
  16. food product manufacturing not otherwise classified
  17. food product manufacturing not otherwise classified not dry in other container
  18. food product manufacturing or processing not otherwise classified
  19. manufacturing
  20. milk processing
  21. natural processed and imitation cheese

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