Reusing jars

[enrico]

So that's all nice and clear!

Few of us are authorised experts, in the end, as with anything, it is your choice.

 

[B+.]

Good point in washing jars... last pallet delivered by Compaq had an advisory notice... clean but not washed.

I thought Compaq was a pc company? ;-)

 

[Beefriendly]

It is.
In "Hoppy's" cyberspace virtual reality confused world he really meant Spinks Compak a glass jar retailer. They do very good deals but you need to purchase in large quantities to take full advantage. I seem to recall about £300 minimum order to qualify for free delivery.

 

[For want of a better word]

It is.
In "Hoppy's" cyberspace virtual reality confused world he really meant Spinks Compak a glass jar retailer. They do very good deals but you need to purchase in large quantities to take full advantage. I seem to recall about £300 minimum order to qualify for free delivery.

We get a deal from a farmers group we belong to.... SWMBO complains as she looses her parking space in the garage when a delivery arrives!

 

[Beefriendly]

We get a deal from a farmers group we belong to.... SWMBO complains as she looses her parking space in the garage when a delivery arrives!

Don't need to be part of a group, just buy big to get the discount.
Or perhaps you need the farmers group to help make up the discount on your annual order of a dozen jars?

 

[Hebeegeebee]

It's all down to the 'sniff test'.
Something most folks must be familiar with!

Isn't that for socks?

 

[For want of a better word]

Don't need to be part of a group, just buy big to get the discount.
Or perhaps you need the farmers group to help make up the discount on your annual order of a dozen jars?

Give it up Beefriendly... you are getting tedious... not to mention childish!

To others attempting to post sensible replies .. about time Mod stepped in and did what Mods do ?

 

[Eyeman]

Isn't that for socks?

You're just being diplomatic seeing ladies are present.

 

[Beefriendly]

Give it up Beefriendly... you are getting tedious... not to mention childish!

Regular readers of this column will now be sat back quietly chortling to themselves at your act of supreme irony.
Never has my flabber been so ghasted at your bare faced cheek.....oeeer missus.

 

[Hebeegeebee]

You're just being diplomatic seeing ladies are present.

Ladies are worse!

 

[For want of a better word]

Regular readers of this column will now be sat back quietly chortling to themselves at your act of supreme irony.
Never has my flabber been so ghasted at your bare faced cheek.....oeeer missus.

Most would have the ignore button well and truly pressed

 

[Buzzlodge]

I think there is a legal restriction on reusing jars for selling foodstuffs courtesy of E.U regulations which most people ignore or are ignorant about. Not down to local authority rules

It's down to how the Local Authority interpret what are very general rules.

If you're a hobbyist, selling at 'farmgate' or using somebody to sell on your behalf, then the rules are very light... no HACCP, for example.

However if you have too many hives to count and are selling commercially, then the full food hygiene regulations kick in.

However, even if you are on the 'light' rules, this won't stop somebody suing you if they find glass, or something else other than honey, in your jars.

I would keep reused single use jars for personal use and as gifts to family etc, but use new jars for any paid arms length transactions.

 

[madasafish]

It's down to how the Local Authority interpret what are very general rules.

If you're a hobbyist, selling at 'farmgate' or using somebody to sell on your behalf, then the rules are very light... no HACCP, for example.

However if you have too many hives to count and are selling commercially, then the full food hygiene regulations kick in.

However, even if you are on the 'light' rules, this won't stop somebody suing you if they find glass, or something else other than honey, in your jars.

I would keep reused single use jars for personal use and as gifts to family etc, but use new jars for any paid arms length transactions.

 

[coffindodger]

It's down to how the Local Authority interpret what are very general rules.

If you're a hobbyist, selling at 'farmgate' or using somebody to sell on your behalf, then the rules are very light... no HACCP, for example.

However, even if you are on the 'light' rules, this won't stop somebody suing you if they find glass, or something else other than honey, in your jars.
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First is right, but round here LAs require HACCP. Actually not very onerous for honey so no panic and writing a HACCP is a good way of discovering any potential problems before you encounter them in practice. Lots of help on line from FSA and others
Broken glass is an organisational problem. A large producer will have space for an exclusion zone and logical procedures. A home producer needs the same procedures, but a safe exclusion zone is probably the whole of the room. In practice this means working out where and when there is a possible problem, so, for example, if the jars are moved one at a time, inspected and filled, and the honey is in a sealed container at a high level, then the procedure would be a clean up and loss of one jar.