Buoyant roadside honey sales since lockdown

[Curly green finger's]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hexagona...lade-Chutney-Candles-Pack-of-48-/183505567325If the link works that was it! Nice thick heavy jars but as I say they take 13oz. I have labelled them as 370gms

Thanks E

 

[thorn]

Our Association buys jars in bulk for members

Ditto

 

[ericbeaumont]

Really??????????????

That number of question marks says it all, Eric.

 

[Repwoc]

I've been using Freeman & Harding - even the smaller packs are quite good value, with a wide selection of lid colour/patterns and a fairly small minimum order for free delivery. Always have come pretty quickly. Prices shown on the website are without the BBKA discount - create an account and drop them an email to get 5%(?) off all prices.

280ml hexagonal jar supplied with 63mm gold metal lid

I bought my last batch from Freeman and Harding. BBKA discount is 10%, but it is necessary to register before ordering. Current price is £179.10 for 528 jars carriage free with the BBKA discount, so just under 34 p/jar.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Can you refer me to the paragraph please. I know we have discussed labelling a million times on here but I have never seen anywhere that honey sold from your own premises to a third party does not need a label!
Thanks

Here you are I found this

https://www.bromley.gov.uk/leaflet/122623/3/757/d


If you are selling at your door the honey is not considered prepacked

 

[The Poot in Somerset]

How / why is it not considered prepacked and does anyone know where that is officially stated?

 

[Antipodes]

"Where honey is sold loose or prepacked for direct sale (sold from the premises on which it was packed), the labelling information may appear on a label, ticket or notice that can be clearly seen by the purchaser".

Is it perhaps that when selling jars of honey from your own property (where you packed it into the jars), one only needs a clear notice near the point of sale which has the relevant information on it, rather than on each jar?

 

[enrico]

Here you are I found this

https://www.bromley.gov.uk/leaflet/122623/3/757/d
View attachment 21561

If you are selling at your door the honey is not considered prepacked

But you have just added the bit at the bottom, so where does that come from? I really thought I had all this right in my head and now I am mind blown!

 

[Repwoc]

What do folks put on the label re "storage conditions"?

 

[Jb.robert]

Really??????????????

I believe, one point of the label is to trace the seller. If you by directly from his home, there is no secret of where the honey comes from... also it means buyers are locals.

 

[Niv]

What do folks put on the label re "storage conditions"?

nothing

 

[Niv]

Niv, can you send me the details on a pm. Cheers
Eric

I think I have send you a pm..its a bit different on this new engine!

 

[Erichalfbee]

But you have just added the bit at the bottom, so where does that come from? I really thought I had all this right in my head and now I am mind blown!

The second attachment is a snapshot taken from the first link. You'll find it there if you read the entire document
This from Bridgendbeekeepers has the trading standards explanation of prepacked which is this






http://bridgendbeekeepers.co.uk/Documents/Uploaded/89-Document-Honey-and-Jam-Labelling.pdf

 

[beeno]

I believe, one point of the label is to trace the seller. If you by directly from his home, there is no secret of where the honey comes from... also it means buyers are locals.

I sold one jar of honey from the gate to someone on a day's outing who had travelled from Ealing, London.

 

[Curly green finger's]

What do folks put on the label re "storage conditions"?

 

[gmonag]

What do folks put on the label re "storage conditions"?

Do not refrigerate

 

[enrico]

The second attachment is a snapshot taken from the first link. You'll find it there if you read the entire document
This from Bridgendbeekeepers has the trading standards explanation of prepacked which is this



View attachment 21566


http://bridgendbeekeepers.co.uk/Documents/Uploaded/89-Document-Honey-and-Jam-Labelling.pdf

Thanks for finding it. It flies in the face of everything I believed but there you go!
E

 

[enrico]

I think I have send you a pm..its a bit different on this new engine!

Thanks. I never even knew he existed! May well use him in the future!
E

 

[enrico]

Store at room temperature with the lid firmly closed

 

[Niv]

Thanks. I never even knew he existed! May well use him in the future!
E

Like most suppliers, he is good (cheap) for some things but not all. I found his rhombus bee escapes were quite cheap also (as i don't have to worry about postage).