Scottish Statutory Instrument SI 2015 Scotland

Honey (Scotland) Regulations 2015

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 16 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 15 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person15

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Application of the naming requirements Regulated
  • Use a honey name that obeys all applicable naming rulesAny Person
s.005 Honey Regulated
  • Label honey products with the correct nameAny Person
s.006 Baker's honey Regulated
  • Label baker's honey truthfully and follow cooking-only rulesAny Person
s.007 Blossom honey and nectar honey Regulated
  • Use legal names for blossom/nectar honey and don't mislabelAny Person
s.008 Chunk honey and cut comb in honey Regulated
  • Use 'chunk honey' or 'cut comb in honey' only for honey with comb piecesAny Person
s.009 Comb honey Regulated
  • Use 'comb honey' as product name only for genuine comb honeyAny Person
s.010 Drained honey Regulated
  • Use 'honey' or 'drained honey' when selling drained honeyAny Person
s.010 No pollen or constituent particular to honey may be removed... (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Don't remove pollen or honey-specific constituents from honeyAny Person
s.011 Extracted honey Regulated
  • Label extracted honey with its correct nameAny Person
s.012 Filtered honey Regulated
  • Use the name 'filtered honey' and make no origin or quality claimsAny Person
s.013 Honeydew honey Regulated
  • Use 'honey' or 'honeydew honey' only for genuine honeydew honeyAny Person
s.014 Pressed honey Regulated
  • Use correct name for pressed honey productsAny Person
s.015 Compositional requirements Regulated
  • Ensure honey meets legal compositional criteria before sale or useAny Person
s.016 Additional labelling requirements Regulated
  • Label honey with country of origin and ensure origin claims are accurateAny Person
s.017 Penalties and Enforcement Prosecution
  • Breach honey composition and labelling rulesAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.017 Methods of analysis Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Food authorities must use internationally recognised honey testing methodsLocal authority
17 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, application and commencement
s.001 The honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and... (opens in a new tab)
s.002 General interpretation
s.002 The colour varies from nearly colourless to dark brown. (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Definition of “honey” and different types of honey
s.003 The consistency can be fluid, viscous or partly or entirely... (opens in a new tab)
s.004 The flavour and aroma vary but are derived from the... (opens in a new tab)
s.005 No food ingredient has been added, including any food additive.... (opens in a new tab)
s.006 No other additions have been made to the honey except... (opens in a new tab)
s.007 It must, as far as possible, be free from organic... (opens in a new tab)
s.008 It must not— (a) have any foreign tastes or odours;... (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Paragraph 8 does not apply to baker's honey. (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Paragraph 10 does not apply to filtered honey. (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Application and modification of provisions of the Act
s.019 Revocations
s.020 Amendment of the Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014
s.021 Transitional provision

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