Yummy Honey..

[mike99]

This thread has be edited many times and i will not be unhappy if the full thing gets deleted.

Well Steve. Did you guess we would have 4 pages of comments based on a picture of really nice looking honey and labels?

 

[Show me the honey]

Well Steve. Did you guess we would have 4 pages of comments based on a picture of really nice looking honey and labels?

That would have been nice to see

 

[pargyle]

I think the best advice I can give anyone selling honey is contact your local authority environmental health dept.
They will tell you what is required in your area and give advice on basic labelling. It would seem there are differences between what different authorities require.

Actually, they won't have anything to say about the labelling as this enforcement agency is Trading Standards. Here is the full text of the Honey regulations:

http://www.---------------.com/wp-c...s-Agency-Honey-Regulations-Guidance-Notes.pdf

This is the 2007 uodated version although it was revised in 2015 but materially remained the same.

The critical paragraph covering direct sales of honey by the producer is this one: (I would be the first to admit that there is some ambiguity in the wording and this may be why there are variations in the interpretation between different TSA Offices.

4.6 Prepacked for direct sale Reg 23 FLR
The term “prepacked for direct sale” is defined in the FLR as a food that is prepacked by a retailer for sale by him or her on the premises where the food is packed, or from a vehicle or stall used by him or her. Products which fall within this category will be subject to certain exemptions by virtue of Regulation 23 of the FLR. This applies to honey harvested at home and sold at the home, farmgate or in market stalls. Regulation 4(1) of the Honey Regulations requires certain additional labelling information such as an origin declaration to be given on specified honey products. It does provide that this is without prejudice to the generality of Part II of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996, which means that the general provisions in that part of the 1996 Regulations continue to apply. Part II of the 1996 Regulations through the application of regulation 23 provides that certain products which are prepacked for direct sale are exempt from the majority of the labelling requirements specified in Regulation 5 of the FLR, with certain specified exceptions. Since country of origin labelling is part of Regulation 5 (by way of Regulation 5(f) which is implemented via the 1998 amendment to the FLR), it is the Agency’s opinion that honey prepacked for direct sale may be exempt from the origin labelling requirements of the Honey Regulations. It should be noted though that this exemption would only apply for honey that is prepacked for direct sale. Honey sold other than prepacked for direct sale must be labelled with its country of origin in accordance with the Honey Regulations.

 

[Millet]

Love the lid (& the pic), do you have a link to the lid supplier?...thanks

Here you go..you will have to work out what size you need for what jars you use..

https://www.cwynnejones.com/food-bo...unt-individual_lid/330-twist_lid_colour-black

 

[thedozzer]

Here you go..you will have to work out what size you need for what jars you use..

https://www.cwynnejones.com/food-bo...unt-individual_lid/330-twist_lid_colour-black

Compak do the same lid as well, they don't show it on their web site but they do have them! not a good sales technique?

 

[Beefriendly]

Actually, they won't have anything to say about the labelling as this enforcement agency is Trading Standards. Here is the full text of the Honey regulations:
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That was why I said basic advice.
Which they are able to advise on.
Or at least our multi-functional Yorkshire lot are.