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You’re not selling to international travellers and you’re not paying Heathrow business rates. £14 sounds reasonable all things considered
8oz at £14 - Heathrow Airport. 12oz Hex at honesty box in Devon £5.
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I do a bit and use postal boxes which can take 2 12oz jars. This is mostly to pple who have bought at the gate while on holiday here or when I do Xmas gift sets.Anyone sell online amd what packaging do you use etc?
How do you know? You can't see the back labelHmmm. Inappropriate labelling, and I wonder if it had an ingredients list?
James
I sell 3b tubs regularly in whatever box I find and the odd 30lb bucket goes by courierAnyone sell online amd what packaging do you use etc?
Go down the local Post office and they way and tell you how much yhe postage is I guess.I sell 3b tubs regularly in whatever box I find and the odd 30lb bucket goes by courier
This is nuts, at this price it's not even worth doing it!1.1 lbs of honey here for 2.27 GBP (equivalents).
Organic too.
https://www.homegrownhoney.com.au/#sites
How do you know? You can't see the back label
Reg 17. (5) states that 'The product name of a relevant honey may be supplemented by information relating to its specific quality criteria.' (Honey Regs 2015)The way I read the labelling requirements, "spiced honey" wouldn't be acceptable like that. It's not one of the "allowed" descriptions, nor is it specific to the quality of the honey. Honey is honey and nothing else (ok, so comb honey etc. is allowed, I admit). If any of the contents didn't come out of a beehive then you're not supposed to call it honey.
James
And lose BBKA insurance as well as it only covers 100% Honey productsReg 17. (5) states that 'The product name of a relevant honey may be supplemented by information relating to its specific quality criteria.' (Honey Regs 2015)
So for it to be specific, it must not apply to every honey. Words like raw and natural are not permitted, because they are not specific. A word like 'creamed' would be permitted because it is specific. (Please let's not go down the road that creamed is not permitted because of an allusion to diary products. It describes the process of making a puree.)
But 'spiced' is not a quality but an indication of additional ingredients. I think you can still state 'Spiced honey' (or perhaps Honey with spice') on the label, but you have lost the privilege of not needing to list ingredients (something afforded by complying with the Honey Regs).
I think you can still state 'Spiced honey' (or perhaps Honey with spice') on the label
Chatting to one of our local council's team for registering as a food producer a year or two ago. She said that they had just taken over the Trading Standards work and were anticipating having to learn a lot in a short time. And didn't have much time available either.Actually, let's be honest: you can get away with pretty much anything. It's not a set of regulations that Trading Standards are very hot on enforcing, unless some particular officer is looking for another notch on his clipboard.
James
you might be able to get away with is naming the product something else entirely, say "Spiced Bee Vomit"
Chatting to one of our local council's team for registering as a food producer a year or two ago. She said that they had just taken over the Trading Standards work and were anticipating having to learn a lot in a short time. And didn't have much time available either.
In one financial year they were anticipating getting over 400kg or 882 lbs of honey from each hive (staggering), so all up it's a lot of honey to shift I guess. They throw in free delivery too.This is nuts, at this price it's not even worth doing it!
What a crock of crap - Organic honey production, non medicated bees bla bla bla - if you wanna laugh this morning make sure you click on the homegrownhoney link in Antipodes post.In one financial year they were anticipating getting over 400kg or 882 lbs of honey from each hive (staggering), so all up it's a lot of honey to shift I guess. They throw in free delivery too.
https://www.homegrownhoney.com.au/a-word-on-certification.html
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