São Jorge cheese is a protected designation of origin (PDO) legally reserved for certain type of cheese made from raw cow's milk on the island of São Jorge, Azores, which for the purpose of production is, in its entirety, the demarcated region of Cheese São Jorge. The characteristics of the São Jorge Cheese, their manner of manufacture and certification are set out in the Regional Legislative Decree n. º 24/86/A, of 9 July, being the entity certifying the product's Cheese Confraternity of St. George, and the PDO management consortium to UNIQUEIJO - Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of St. George Island, an entity agglomerator cooperative production of cheese from the island. The cheese that is not certified, for not obeying the legal criteria or be produced by entities not affiliated with the Uniqueijo, is marketed under the name Island Cheese or Cheese Island. They are produced approximately 1,800 tons per year of cheese certificate.