thus sealed packages are conveyed on a belt 5 to a cooling tunnel for example a glycol nitrogen tunnel not shown the packaging step is in fact followed by a cooling step which on the contrary in the conventional technique is carried out prior to packaging which can be extended for a period ranging between 30 minutes and 1 5 hours preferably about 1 hour by u201c packaging u201d is meant introducing the product within the container thereof and sealingly close the container according to conventional methods known to those skilled in the art such as for example heat sealing two edges of the package or sealing a peelable or non peelable laminate to the opening of the container as stated above the packaging is substantially a dry packaging by u201c substantially dry packaging u201d is meant the packaging of the stretched paste without feeding the preserving liquid within the container a pasta filata cheese is thus obtained which has the following chemical physical parameters in a preferred embodiment of the invention the method for producing and packaging the stretched paste provides for a packaging system which favours the preservation of the product and comfort in using the latter the packaging system of the invention comprises a multi portion container 2 in the embodiment illustrated in fig2 this multi portion container 2 consists of two half shells 6 each of which is intended to receive a portion of pasta filata cheese on the opening of each of the half shells 6 a peelable or non peelable film.