The Honey (England) Regulations 2015
PART 1
1Citation, commencement and application
2Definition of “honey” and different types of honey
3General interpretation
4Limited scope of specified provisions
5Application of requirements relating to product names
PART 2
6Honey
7Blossom honey and nectar honey
8Honeydew honey
9Comb honey
10Chunk honey and cut comb in honey
11Drained honey
12Extracted honey
13Pressed honey
14Filtered honey
15Baker’s honey
PART 3
16Compositional requirements
PART 4
17Additional labelling requirements
PART 5
18Enforcement
19Application and modification of provisions of the Act
20Revocations
21Amendment of the Food Information Regulations 2014
22Transitional provision
23Review
SCHEDULE 1Compositional criteria
1The honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and...
2The colour varies from nearly colourless to dark brown.
3The consistency can be fluid, viscous or partly or entirely...
4The flavour and aroma vary but are derived from the...
5No food ingredient has been added, including any food additive....
6No other additions have been made to the honey except...
7It must, as far as possible, be free from organic...
8It must not— (a) have any foreign tastes or odours;...
9Paragraph 8 does not apply to baker’s honey.
10No pollen or constituent particular to honey may be removed...
11Paragraph 10 does not apply to filtered honey.
12The additional compositional criteria set out in the following table...
SCHEDULE 2Application and modification of provisions of the Act
SCHEDULE 3Amendment of the Food Information Regulations 2014
1The Food Information Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.
2In the table in Part 2 of Schedule 5 (FIC...

2015 No. 1348

Food, England

The Honey (England) Regulations 2015

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4)1, 16(1)(a) and (e)2, 17(1)3, 26(1) and (3)4 and 48(1)5 of the Food Safety Act 19906 and now vested in the Secretary of State7.

The Secretary of State has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency in accordance with section 48(4A)8 of the Food Safety Act 1990.

There has been consultation, as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety9, during the preparation and evaluation of the following Regulations.