UK Statutory Instrument SI 2015 England

Honey (England) Regulations 2015

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Enforced by
FSA
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person14

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Part 1

Introduction

1 of 5 sections shown
s.005 Application of requirements relating to product names Regulated
  • Use a honey product name that satisfies every applicable naming ruleAny Person
4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and application
s.002 Definition of “honey” and different types of honey
s.003 General interpretation
s.004 Limited scope of specified provisions
Part 2

Product names and descriptions

10 of 10 sections shown
s.006 Honey Regulated
  • Use the correct product name when selling honeyAny Person
s.007 Blossom honey and nectar honey Regulated
  • Use correct honey names and don't mislabel non-nectar honeyAny Person
s.008 Honeydew honey Regulated
  • Label honeydew honey correctly and don't mislabel other productsAny Person
s.009 Comb honey Regulated
  • Use 'comb honey' name only for genuine comb honeyAny Person
s.010 Chunk honey and cut comb in honey Regulated
  • Use 'chunk honey'/'cut comb in honey' only for genuine comb honeyAny Person
s.011 Drained honey Regulated
  • Use correct name for drained honey; don't misuse 'drained honey'Any Person
s.012 Extracted honey Regulated
  • Use 'honey' or 'extracted honey' correctly and don't mislabel other productsAny Person
s.013 Pressed honey Regulated
  • You must label pressed honey correctly and not misuse 'pressed honey'Any Person
s.014 Filtered honey Regulated
  • Comply with filtered honey labelling and marketing rulesAny Person
s.015 Baker's honey Regulated
  • Comply with baker's honey labelling and trading rulesAny Person
Part 3

Compositional requirements

1 of 1 section shown
s.016 Compositional requirements Regulated
  • Don't sell or use honey that fails compositional standardsAny Person
Part 4

Additional labelling requirements

1 of 1 section shown
s.017 Additional labelling requirements Regulated
  • Label honey with harvest country and keep origin claims accurateAny Person
Part 5

Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions

3 of 8 sections shown
s.018 Enforcement Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Food authorities must enforce the Honey Regulations in their areaLocal authority
s.018 Methods of analysis Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Food authority must use Codex-approved analysis methods for honeyLocal authority
s.023 Review Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review and report on Honey Regulations every 5 yearsCrown / Minister / Government department
5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.019 Application and modification of provisions of the Act
s.020 Revocations
s.021 Amendment of the Food Information Regulations 2014
s.022 Transitional provision
s.022 Transitional provisions: withdrawal from the EU
Schedules

Schedules

1 of 14 shown
s.sch001 No pollen or constituent particular to honey may be removed... Regulated
  • Don't remove natural pollen from honey unless unavoidableAny Person
13 other schedules
s.sch001 The honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and...
s.sch001 Paragraph 10 does not apply to filtered honey.
s.sch001 The additional compositional criteria set out in the following table...
s.sch001 The colour varies from nearly colourless to dark brown.
s.sch001 The consistency can be fluid, viscous or partly or entirely...
s.sch001 The flavour and aroma vary but are derived from the...
s.sch001 No food ingredient has been added, including any food additive....
s.sch001 No other additions have been made to the honey except...
s.sch001 It must, as far as possible, be free from organic...
s.sch001 It must not— (a) have any foreign tastes or odours;...
s.sch001 Paragraph 8 does not apply to baker's honey.
s.sch003 The Food Information Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.
s.sch003 In the table in Part 2 of Schedule 5 (FIC...

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