SCHEDULE 1SPECIFIED HONEY PRODUCTS AND THEIR RESERVED DESCRIPTIONS
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Reserved descriptions | Specified honey product |
| honey obtained from the nectar of plants |
| honey obtained mainly from excretions of plant sucking insects (Hemiptera) on the living part of plants or secretions of living parts of plants |
| honey stored by bees in the cells of freshly built broodless combs or thin comb foundation sheets made solely of beeswax and sold in sealed whole combs or sections of such combs |
| honey which contains one or more pieces of comb honey |
| honey obtained by draining de-capped broodless combs |
| honey obtained by centrifuging de-capped broodless combs |
| honey obtained by pressing broodless combs with or without the application of moderate heat not exceeding 45°C |
| honey obtained by removing foreign inorganic or organic matters in such a way as to result in the significant removal of pollen |
| honey which is—
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SCHEDULE 2SPECIFICATIONS FOR SPECIFIED HONEY PRODUCTS
1. | Sugar content | |
1.1. | Fructose and glucose content (sum of both) | |
| not less than 60 g/100 g | |
| not less than 45 g/100 g | |
1.2. | Sucrose content | |
| not more than 5 g/100 g | |
| not more than 10 g/100 g | |
| not more than 15 g/100 g | |
2. | Moisture content | |
| not more than 20% | |
| not more than 23% | |
| not more than 25% | |
3. | Water-insoluble content | |
| not more than 0.1 g/100 g | |
| not more than 0.5 g/100 g | |
4. | Electrical conductivity | |
| not more than 0.8 mS/cm | |
| not less than 0.8 mS/cm | |
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5. | Free acid | |
| not more than 50 milli-equivalents acid per 1000 grammes | |
| not more than 80 milli-equivalents acid per 1000 grammes | |
6. | Diastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content determined after processing and blending | |
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| not less than 8 | |
| not less than 3 | |
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| not more than 40 mg/kg (subject to the provisions of (a), second indent) | |
| not more than 80 mg/kg | |
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