Section 6(4) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), paragraph 10(1) and (3) of Schedule 5, and Schedule 6, to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) and S.I. 2002/794.

Section 16(1) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.

Section 17(1) was amended by paragraphs 8 and 12(a) of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 and S.I. 2011/1043.

Section 26(3) was amended by Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999.

Section 48(1) was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.

1990 c. 16.

Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” (being, in relation to England and Wales and acting jointly, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State) are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.

Section 48(4A) was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.

OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1, last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p 1).

OJ No L 304, 22.11.2011, p 18, last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 78/2014 (OJ No L 27, 30.1.2014, p 7).

OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47, last amended by Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No 164, 3.6.2014, p 1).

OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1, last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p 1).

S.I. 2003/2243, amended by S.I. 2005/1920, 2626, 2014/1855.

S.I. 2005/1920.

S.I. 2014/1855.

Section 35(1) is amended by paragraph 42 of Schedule 26 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) from a date to be appointed. There are other amendments to section 35(1) not relevant to these Regulations.

Section 35(2) was amended by S.I. 2015/664. There are other amendments to section 35(2) not relevant to these Regulations.

Section 36A was inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28).

S.I. 2014/1855.

OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47, last amended by Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No 164, 3.6.2014, p 1).

Reg. 18A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Food (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/150), regs. 1, 7; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Reg. 22A inserted (27.5.2021) by The Food and Drink (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Food and Wine Composition, Information and Labelling) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/632), regs. 1, 4(3)

Words in reg. 17(1) omitted (27.5.2021) by virtue of The Food and Drink (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Food and Wine Composition, Information and Labelling) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/632), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)

Words in reg. 17(1) substituted (27.5.2021) by The Food and Drink (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Food and Wine Composition, Information and Labelling) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/632), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)

Words in reg. 22A(2)(a) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/938), regs. 1(1), 9

Regulations applied in part (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/959), regs. 1(2), 4(b), Sch. 2 (with regs. 7, 8)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1348The Honey (England) Regulations 2015texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseFOOD, ENGLAND2023-10-05Expert Participation2023-10-01These Regulations, which apply in England, implement Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey (OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47). They revoke and replace the Honey (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2243).

2015 No. 1348

Food, England

The Honey (England) Regulations 2015

Made30th May 2015

Laid before Parliament3rd June 2015

Coming into force24th June 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4) , 16(1)(a) and (e) , 17(1) , 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and now vested in the Secretary of State .

The Secretary of State has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency in accordance with section 48(4A) 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 safety , during the preparation and evaluation of the following Regulations.

PART 1Introduction1Citation, commencement and application1

These Regulations may be cited as the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 24th June 2015.

2

These Regulations apply in England only.

2Definition of “honey” and different types of honey1

In these Regulations “honey” means the natural sweet substance produced by Apis mellifera bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in honeycombs to ripen and mature.

2

In these Regulations—

baker's honey” means honey that is suitable for industrial use or as an ingredient in another foodstuff which is then processed;

“blossom honey” and “nectar honey” mean honeys obtained from the nectar of plants;

“chunk honey” and “cut comb in honey” mean honeys which contain one or more pieces of comb honey;

comb honey” means 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;

drained honey” means honey obtained by draining de-capped broodless combs;

extracted honey” means honey obtained by centrifuging de-capped broodless combs;

filtered honey” means honey obtained by removing foreign inorganic or organic matters in such a way as to result in the significant removal of pollen;

honeydew honey” means honey obtained mainly from excretions of plant sucking insects (Hemiptera) on the living part of plants or secretions of living parts of plants;

pressed honey” means honey obtained by pressing broodless combs with or without the application of moderate heat not exceeding 45° Celsius.

3General interpretation1

In these Regulations—

the Act” means the Food Safety Act 1990;

bulk containers” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

FIC” means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004;

food authority” does not include—

a

the council of a district in a non-metropolitan county in England except where the county functions have been transferred to that council pursuant to a structural change; or

b

the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple);

the Honey Directive” means Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey ;

ingredient” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(f) of FIC, as read with Article 2(5) of the Honey Directive;

in trade” has the same meaning as in the Honey Directive and “trade in” and “trading in” are to be construed accordingly;

label” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(i) of FIC;

packs” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

trade documents” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;

specific quality criteria” has the same meaning as in the third indented paragraph of paragraph (b) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Article 2 of the Honey Directive.

2

Any other expression used in both these Regulations and in the Honey Directive has the same meaning in these Regulations as in that Directive.

4Limited scope of specified provisions1

The following provisions only apply in relation to a product intended for supply to a final consumer or mass caterer—

a

Part 2, except for regulations 14(4) and 15(4) and (5);

b

regulation 16(1) and (2);

c

Part 4.

2

Regulation 16(3) and (4) only apply where the products intended for human consumption specified in those paragraphs (the products to which honey is added as an ingredient) are intended for supply to a final consumer or mass caterer.

3

In this regulation—

final consumer” has the meaning given in point 18 of Article 3 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 safety ;

mass caterer” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(d) of FIC.

5Application of requirements relating to product names

Where two or more provisions of these Regulations apply in determining the name to be used in respect of a particular honey, a person trading in that honey must use a name or combination name which complies with the requirements of each of those provisions.

PART 2Product names and descriptions6Honey1

A person trading in a honey, except a honey to which paragraph (2) applies, must use the name “honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

This paragraph applies to—

a

baker's honey;

b

comb honey;

c

drained honey;

d

extracted honey;

e

filtered honey;

f

honeydew honey;

g

honey that contains one or more pieces of comb honey (chunk honey and cut comb in honey);

h

honey that is obtained from the nectar of plants (blossom honey and nectar honey); and

i

pressed honey.

3

A person must not use the name “honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not honey.

7Blossom honey and nectar honey1

A person trading in honey obtained from the nectar of plants must use the name “honey”, “blossom honey” or “nectar honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “blossom honey” or “nectar honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not honey obtained from the nectar of plants.

8Honeydew honey1

A person trading in a honeydew honey must use the name “honey” or “honeydew honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “honeydew honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not honeydew honey.

9Comb honey1

A person trading in a comb honey must use the name “comb honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “comb honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not comb honey.

10Chunk honey and cut comb in honey1

A person trading in a honey that contains one or more pieces of comb honey must use the name “chunk honey” or “cut comb in honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “chunk honey” or “cut comb in honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product does not contain one or more pieces of comb honey.

11Drained honey1

A person trading in drained honey must use the name “honey” or “drained honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “drained honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not drained honey.

12Extracted honey1

A person trading in extracted honey must use the name “honey” or “extracted honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “extracted honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not extracted honey.

13Pressed honey1

A person trading in pressed honey must use the name “honey” or “pressed honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “pressed honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not pressed honey.

14Filtered honey1

A person trading in filtered honey must use the name “filtered honey” in trade as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “filtered honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not filtered honey.

3

A person trading in filtered honey must not provide information relating to the floral, vegetable, regional, territorial or topographical origin of the product or specific quality criteria for the product.

4

A person must not trade in filtered honey in bulk containers or packs unless the product name “filtered honey” is clearly indicated—

a

on those containers and packs; and

b

on the trade documents relating to the product.

15Baker's honey1

A person trading in baker's honey must use the name “baker's honey”, in trade, as the name of the product.

2

A person must not use the name “baker's honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not baker's honey.

3

A person trading in baker's honey must not provide information relating to the floral, vegetable, regional, territorial or topographical origin of the product or specific quality criteria for the product.

4

A person must not trade in baker's honey unless the words “intended for cooking only” appear on the label of the product in close proximity to the product name.

5

A person must not trade in baker's honey in bulk containers or packs unless the product name “baker's honey” is clearly indicated—

a

on those containers and packs; and

b

on the trade documents relating to the product.

6

Where baker's honey is used as an ingredient in a compound foodstuff, the product name “honey” may be used, in trade, in the product name of the compound foodstuff instead of “baker's honey”.

7

Where baker's honey is used as an ingredient in a compound foodstuff and the name “honey” is used in the product name of the compound foodstuff, a person must not trade in that foodstuff unless the list of ingredients for that foodstuff identifies that honey ingredient using the name “baker's honey”.

PART 3Compositional requirements16Compositional requirements1

A person must not place any product on the market as “honey” unless it meets the appropriate compositional criteria for “honey” specified in Schedule 1.

2

A person must not place any product on the market using a product name listed in paragraph (5) unless it meets the appropriate compositional criteria for that type of honey specified in Schedule 1.

3

A person must not use a product (“the honey ingredient”) as “honey” in a product intended to be placed on the market for human consumption unless the honey ingredient meets the appropriate compositional criteria for “honey” specified in Schedule 1.

4

A person must not use a product (“the honey ingredient”) as honey of a type listed in paragraph (5) in a product intended to be placed on the market for human consumption unless the honey ingredient meets the appropriate compositional criteria for that type of honey specified in Schedule 1.

5

The product names and types of honey are—

a

baker's honey;

b

blossom honey;

c

chunk honey;

d

comb honey;

e

cut comb in honey;

f

drained honey;

g

extracted honey;

h

filtered honey;

i

honeydew honey;

j

nectar honey;

k

pressed honey.

PART 4Additional labelling requirements17Additional labelling requirements1

No person may trade in honey unless the country of origin where the honey has been harvested is indicated on the label except that, if the honey originates in more than one ... country, the countries of origin may be replaced with the indication “blend of honeys from more than one country” or similar wording.

2

In paragraphs (3) to (5), “relevant honey” means all honey except for baker's honey and filtered honey.

3

The product name of a relevant honey may be supplemented by information relating to its floral or vegetable origin but no person may trade in a relevant honey for which such supplemental information is provided unless the product comes wholly or mainly from the indicated source and possesses the organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics of the source.

4

The product name of a relevant honey may be supplemented by information relating to its regional, territorial or topographical origin but no person may trade in a relevant honey for which such supplemental information is provided unless the product comes entirely from the indicated origin.

5

The product name of a relevant honey may be supplemented by information relating to its specific quality criteria.

PART 5Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions18Enforcement

Each food authority must enforce and execute these Regulations in its area.

18AMethods of analysis

In carrying out its obligations under regulation 18, a food authority must, whenever possible, use a method of analysis approved by the Codex Alimentarius, or another internationally recognised validated method of analysis, to verify compliance with the provisions of these Regulations.

19Application and modification of provisions of the Act

The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 apply, with the modifications specified in column 2 of that table, for the purposes of these Regulations.

20Revocations1

The following are revoked—

a

the Honey (England) Regulations 2003 ; and

b

the Honey (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 .

2

In the Food Information Regulations 2014 the following provisions are omitted—

a

entry 14 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 6; and

b

paragraphs 35 to 37 of Schedule 7.

21Amendment of the Food Information Regulations 2014

Schedule 3 (amendment of the Food Information Regulations 2014) has effect.

22Transitional provision

An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve an improvement notice under section 10(1) of the Act, as applied and modified by regulation 19, as read with Schedule 2, if—

a

the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market or labelled before 24th June 2015; and

b

the matters constituting the alleged contravention would not have constituted an offence under the Honey (England) Regulations 2003 as they stood immediately before 24th June 2015.

22ATransitional provisions: withdrawal from the EU1

An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a contravention of regulation 17(1) if—

a

the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market before IP completion day; and

b

the matter would not have constituted a contravention of regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day.

2

An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a contravention of regulation 17(1) if—

a

the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market before 1 January 2024;

b

the product bears one of the indications provided for in regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day;

c

had the product been placed on the market immediately before IP completion day, the use of the indication would not have constituted a contravention of regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day; and

d

the indication is accurate in identifying the “EU”, “non-EU” or “EU and non-EU” origins, as the case may be, of the honeys in the product.

3

In this regulation, “improvement notice” means an improvement notice pursuant to regulation 19.

23Review1

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

a

carry out a review of these Regulations;

b

set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

c

publish the report.

2

In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Honey Directive (which is implemented by means of these Regulations) is implemented in other member States.

3

The report must in particular—

a

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;

b

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

c

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

4

The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.

5

Reports under these Regulations are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

George Eustice Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsSCHEDULE 1

Regulation 16

Compositional criteria1

The honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and glucose, as well as other substances such as organic acids, enzymes and solid particles derived from honey collection.

2

The colour varies from nearly colourless to dark brown.

3

The consistency can be fluid, viscous or partly or entirely crystallised.

4

The flavour and aroma vary but are derived from the plant origin.

5

No food ingredient has been added, including any food additive.

6

No other additions have been made to the honey except for other honey.

7

It must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition.

8

It must not—

a

have any foreign tastes or odours;

b

have begun to ferment;

c

have an artificially changed acidity;

d

have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated.

9

Paragraph 8 does not apply to baker's honey.

10

No pollen or constituent particular to honey may be removed except where this is unavoidable in the removal of foreign inorganic or organic matter.

11

Paragraph 10 does not apply to filtered honey.

12

The additional compositional criteria set out in the following table apply—

Criteria

Amount

Sugar content

11

Fructose and glucose content (sum of both)—

a

blossom honey

not less than 60g/100g

b

honeydew honey and a blend of honeydew honey with blossom honey

not less than 45g/100g

2

Sucrose content—

a

all honey except for honey specified in paragraph (b) or (c)

not more than 5g/100g

b

false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia) honey, alfalfa (Medicago sativa) honey, Menzies Banksia (Banksia menziesii) honey, French honeysuckle (Hedysarum) honey, red gum (Eucalyptus camadulensis) honey, leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida, Eucryphia milliganii) honey, Citrus spp. honey

not more than 10g/100g

c

lavender (Lavandula spp.) honey, borage (Borago officinalis) honey

not more than 15g/100g

Moisture content

2

Moisture content—

a

all honey except for honey specified in paragraph (b), (c) or (d)

not more than 20%

b

honey from heather (Calluna)

not more than 23%

c

baker's honey except for baker's honey from heather (Calluna)

not more than 23%

d

baker's honey from heather (Calluna)

not more than 25%

Water-insoluble content

3

Water-insoluble content—

a

all honey except pressed honey

not more than 0.1g/100g

b

pressed honey

not more than 0.5g/100g

Electrical conductivity

4

Electrical conductivity—

a

all honey except for bell heather (Erica) honey, chestnut honey, eucalyptus honey, honeydew honey, lime (Tilia spp.) honey, ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) honey, manuka or jelly bush (Leptospermum) honey, strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) honey and tea tree (Melaleuca spp.) honey

not more than 0.8mS/cm

b

blends of honeys to which paragraph (a) applies

not more than 0.8mS/cm

c

honeydew honey

not less than 0.8mS/cm

d

blends of honeydew honey except blends of that honey with bell heather (Erica) honey, eucalyptus honey, lime (Tilia spp.) honey, ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) honey, manuka or jelly bush (Leptospermum) honey, strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) honey and tea tree (Melaleuca spp.) honey

not less than 0.8mS/cm

e

chestnut honey

not less than 0.8mS/cm

f

blends of chestnut honey except blends of that honey with bell heather (Erica) honey, eucalyptus honey, lime (Tilia spp.) honey, ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) honey, manuka or jelly bush (Leptospermum) honey, strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) honey and tea tree (Melaleuca spp.) honey

not less than 0.8mS/cm

Free acid

5

Free acid—

a

all honey except for baker's honey

not more than 50 milli-equivalents acid/kg

b

baker's honey

not more than 80 milli-equivalents acid/kg

Diastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural content

6

Diastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural content (HMF) determined after processing and blending—

a

diastase activity (Schade scale) —

i

all honey except baker's honey and honey specified in sub-paragraph (ii)

not less than 8

ii

honey with a low natural enzyme content (e.g. citrus honey) and an HMF content of not more than 15mg/kg

not less than 3

b

HMF—

i

all honey except baker's honey and honey specified in sub-paragraph (ii)

not more than 40mg/kg

ii

honey of a declared origin from a region with a tropical climate and blends of these honeys

not more than 80mg/kg

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 19

Application and modification of provisions of the Act

Column 1Provision of the Act

Column 2Modifications

Section 3 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption)

In subsection (1), for “this Act” substitute “ the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”

Section 10(1) and (2) (improvement notices)

For subsection (1) (improvement notices) substitute—

1

If an authorised officer of a food authority has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is failing to comply with any of regulations 6 to 17 of the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, the authorised officer may, by a notice served on that person (in this Act referred to as an “improvement notice”)—

a

state the officer's grounds for believing that the person is failing to comply with the relevant provision;

b

specify the matters which constitute the person's failure so to comply;

c

specify the measures which, in the officer's opinion, the person must take in order to secure compliance; and

d

require the person to take those measures, or measures that are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.

Section 20 (offences due to fault of another person)

For “any of the preceding provisions of this Part” substitute “ section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”

Section 21(1) and (5) (defence of due diligence)

In subsection (1), for “any of the preceding provisions of this Part” substitute “ section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”

Section 30(8) (evidence of certificates given by a food analyst or examiner)

For “this Act” substitute “ the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”

Section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers)

In subsection (1), for “this Act” (in each place occurring) substitute “ the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”

Section 35(1) and (2) (punishment of offences)

In subsection (1), after “section 33(1) above”, insert “ , as applied and modified by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”

After subsection (1), insert—

1A

A person guilty of an offence under section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine.

In subsection (2) for “any other offence under this Act” substitute “ an offence under section 33(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”

Section 36 (offences by body corporate)

In subsection (1), for “this Act” substitute “ section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”

Section 36A (offences by Scottish partnerships)

For “this Act” substitute “ section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”

Section 37(1) and (6) (appeals)

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of an authorised officer of a food authority to serve an improvement notice under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal.

In subsection (6)—

a

for “(3) or (4)” substitute “ (1) ”, and

b

in paragraph (a), for “a magistrates' court or to the sheriff” substitute “ the First-tier Tribunal ”

Section 39 (appeals against improvement notices)

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

On an appeal against an improvement notice served under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, the First-tier Tribunal may either cancel or affirm the notice and, if it affirms it, may do so either in its original form or with such modifications as the First-tier Tribunal may in the circumstances think fit.

In subsection (3), omit “for want of prosecution”

Section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith)

For “this Act” (in each place occurring) substitute “ the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”

SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 21

Amendment of the Food Information Regulations 20141

The Food Information Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.

2

In the table in Part 2 of Schedule 5 (FIC provisions in relation to which an improvement notice may be served on and from 13th December 2014)—

a

in the third column, at the end of entry number 26, insert “ , and, in relation to honey, point 4(b) of Article 2 of Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey ; and

b

in the third column, in entry number 27, for “and the first subparagraph of Article 54(1)” substitute “ , the first subparagraph of Article 54(1) and, in relation to honey, point 4(b) of Article 2 of Council Directive 2001/110/EC.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in England, implement Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey (OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47). They revoke and replace the Honey (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2243).

The Regulations regulate the use of the names “honey” (regulation 6), “blossom honey” and “nectar honey” (regulation 7), “honeydew honey” (regulation 8), “comb honey” (regulation 9), “chunk honey” and “cut comb in honey” (regulation 10), “drained honey” (regulation 11), “extracted honey” (regulation 12), “pressed honey” (regulation 13), “filtered honey” (regulation 14) and “baker's honey” (regulation 15).

Regulation 16 and Schedule 1 prescribe compositional criteria with which such products must comply when placed on the market as honey and when used as honey in a product intended for human consumption.

Regulation 17 contains additional labelling provisions.

Regulation 18 imposes an obligation on food authorities to enforce the Regulations.

Regulation 19 and Schedule 2 apply certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c. 16), with modifications. This includes the application (with modifications) of section 10(1), enabling an improvement notice to be served requiring compliance with specified provisions of the Regulations.

The provisions, as applied, make the failure to comply with an improvement notice an offence.

As well as revoking the Honey (England) Regulations 2003, regulation 20 revokes the Honey (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I 2005/1920) and omits specified provisions of the Food Information Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1855) relating to the Honey (England) Regulations 2003.

Regulation 21 and Schedule 3 amend the Food Information Regulations 2014.

Regulation 22 makes a transitional provision in respect of food placed on the market or labelled before 24th June 2015, prohibiting an improvement notice from being served in relation to such food if it would have been compliant with the Honey (England) Regulations 2003.

Regulation 23 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of these Regulations and publish a report within five years after they come into force and within every five years after that. Following a review it will fall to the Secretary of State to consider whether the Regulations should remain as they are, or be revoked or be amended. A further instrument would be needed to revoke the Regulations or to amend them.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum for the Regulations, to which a Transposition Note is attached, is published alongside the Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.

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<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642331">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/6/4">Section 6(4)</ref>
was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/40">Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/40/paragraph/10/1">paragraph 10(1)</ref>
and (3) of Schedule 5, and Schedule 6, to the
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/28">Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28)</ref>
and
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/794">S.I. 2002/794</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642341">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/16/1">Section 16(1)</ref>
was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642351">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/17/1">Section 17(1)</ref>
was amended by paragraphs 8 and 12(a) of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999 and
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043">S.I. 2011/1043</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642361">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/26/3">Section 26(3)</ref>
was amended by Schedule 6 to the Food Standards Act 1999.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642371">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/48/1">Section 48(1)</ref>
was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642381">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/16">1990 c. 16</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642391">
<p>Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” (being, in relation to England and Wales and acting jointly, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State) are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642401">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/48/4A">Section 48(4A)</ref>
was inserted by paragraph 21 of Schedule 5 to the Food Standards Act 1999.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642411">
<p>OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1, last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p 1).</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642421">
<p>OJ No L 304, 22.11.2011, p 18, last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 78/2014 (OJ No L 27, 30.1.2014, p 7).</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642431">
<p>OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47, last amended by Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No 164, 3.6.2014, p 1).</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642441">
<p>OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1, last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p 1).</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642451">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/2243">S.I. 2003/2243</ref>
, amended by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1920">S.I. 2005/1920</ref>
, 2626, 2014/1855.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642461">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1920">S.I. 2005/1920</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642471">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1855">S.I. 2014/1855</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642481">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/35/1">Section 35(1)</ref>
is amended by paragraph 42 of Schedule 26 to the
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/44">Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)</ref>
from a date to be appointed. There are other amendments to section 35(1) not relevant to these Regulations.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642491">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/35/2">Section 35(2)</ref>
was amended by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/664">S.I. 2015/664</ref>
. There are other amendments to section 35(2) not relevant to these Regulations.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642501">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/section/36A">Section 36A</ref>
was inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 5 to the
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1999/28">Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642511">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/1855">S.I. 2014/1855</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c22642521">
<p>OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47, last amended by Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No 164, 3.6.2014, p 1).</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-d29097f6c4ead681eddbce45bdd7901f">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/regulation/18A">Reg. 18A</ref>
inserted (31.12.2020) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/150">The Food (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/150)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/150/regulation/1">regs. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/150/regulation/7">7</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1">2020 c. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/regulation/22A">Reg. 22A</ref>
inserted (27.5.2021) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632">The Food and Drink (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Food and Wine Composition, Information and Labelling) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/632)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632/regulation/1">regs. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632/regulation/4/3">4(3)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-b9f8595af3acd4fdf330bec3446bfb78">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/regulation/17/1">reg. 17(1)</ref>
omitted (27.5.2021) by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632">The Food and Drink (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Food and Wine Composition, Information and Labelling) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/632)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632/regulation/1">regs. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632/regulation/4/2/a">4(2)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-e32a55b80a3810758723e6f0e2d3df14">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/regulation/17/1">reg. 17(1)</ref>
substituted (27.5.2021) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632">The Food and Drink (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Food and Wine Composition, Information and Labelling) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/632)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632/regulation/1">regs. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2021/632/regulation/4/2/b">4(2)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-d1a49be654ed06124b520d3f1773c65b">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/1348/regulation/22A/2/a">reg. 22A(2)(a)</ref>
substituted (30.9.2022) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/938">The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/938)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/938/regulation/1/1">regs. 1(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/938/regulation/9">9</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="key-26dc4a3e064b2411f6d4ad92c1a93f4d">
<p>
Regulations applied in part (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.10.2023) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/959">The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/959)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/959/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/959/regulation/4/b">4(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/959/schedule/2">Sch. 2</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/959/regulation/7">regs. 7</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/959/regulation/8">8</ref>
)
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<preface period="#period5">
<p class="number">
<docNumber>2015 No. 1348</docNumber>
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<block name="subject">
<concept class="title" refersTo="#d4e89">Food, England</concept>
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<p class="title">
<shortTitle>The Honey (England) Regulations 2015</shortTitle>
</p>
<p class="MadeDate">
<span>Made</span>
<docDate date="2015-05-30">30th May 2015</docDate>
</p>
<p class="LaidDate">
<span>Laid before Parliament</span>
<docDate date="2015-06-03">3rd June 2015</docDate>
</p>
<p class="ComingIntoForce">
<span>Coming into force</span>
<docDate date="2015-06-24">24th June 2015</docDate>
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<preamble>
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<p>
<noteRef href="#c22642331" marker="M1" class="commentary M"/>
<noteRef href="#c22642341" marker="M2" class="commentary M"/>
<noteRef href="#c22642351" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
<noteRef href="#c22642361" marker="M4" class="commentary M"/>
<noteRef href="#c22642371" marker="M5" class="commentary M"/>
<noteRef href="#c22642381" marker="M6" class="commentary M"/>
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The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4) , 16(1)(a) and (e) , 17(1) , 26(1) and (3) and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990 and now vested in the Secretary of State .
</p>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c22642401" marker="M8" class="commentary M"/>
The Secretary of State has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency in accordance with section 48(4A) of the Food Safety Act 1990.
</p>
<p>
There has been consultation, as required by Article 9 of Regulation
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2002/0178">(EC) No 178/2002</ref>
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 safety
<noteRef href="#c22642411" marker="M9" class="commentary M"/>
, during the preparation and evaluation of the following Regulations.
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<num>
<strong>PART 1</strong>
</num>
<heading>Introduction</heading>
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<num>1</num>
<heading>Citation, commencement and application</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-1-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>These Regulations may be cited as the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 24th June 2015.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-1-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>These Regulations apply in England only.</p>
</content>
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<num>2</num>
<heading>Definition of “honey” and different types of honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-2-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
In these Regulations “
<term refersTo="#term-honey">honey</term>
” means the natural sweet substance produced by
<em>Apis mellifera</em>
bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in honeycombs to ripen and mature.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-2-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In these Regulations—</p>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-bakers-honey">baker's honey</term>
” means honey that is suitable for industrial use or as an ingredient in another foodstuff which is then processed;
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</item>
<item>
<p>“blossom honey” and “nectar honey” mean honeys obtained from the nectar of plants;</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>“chunk honey” and “cut comb in honey” mean honeys which contain one or more pieces of comb honey;</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-comb-honey">comb honey</term>
” means 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;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-drained-honey">drained honey</term>
” means honey obtained by draining de-capped broodless combs;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-extracted-honey">extracted honey</term>
” means honey obtained by centrifuging de-capped broodless combs;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-filtered-honey">filtered honey</term>
” means honey obtained by removing foreign inorganic or organic matters in such a way as to result in the significant removal of pollen;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-honeydew-honey">honeydew honey</term>
” means honey obtained mainly from excretions of plant sucking insects (
<em>Hemiptera</em>
) on the living part of plants or secretions of living parts of plants;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-pressed-honey">pressed honey</term>
” means honey obtained by pressing broodless combs with or without the application of moderate heat not exceeding 45° Celsius.
</p>
</item>
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<num>3</num>
<heading>General interpretation</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In these Regulations—</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-act">the Act</term>
” means the Food Safety Act 1990;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-bulk-containers">bulk containers</term>
” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-fic">FIC</term>
” means Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2006/1924">(EC) No 1924/2006</ref>
and
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2006/1925">(EC) No 1925/2006</ref>
of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1987/0250">87/250/EEC</ref>
, Council Directive
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1990/0496">90/496/EEC</ref>
, Commission Directive
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1999/0010">1999/10/EC</ref>
, Directive
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2000/0013">2000/13/EC</ref>
of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2002/0067">2002/67/EC</ref>
and
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2008/0005">2008/5/EC</ref>
and Commission Regulation
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2004/0608">(EC) No 608/2004</ref>
<noteRef href="#c22642421" marker="M10" class="commentary M"/>
;
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</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-food-authority">food authority</term>
” does not include—
</p>
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<item>
<num>a</num>
<p>the council of a district in a non-metropolitan county in England except where the county functions have been transferred to that council pursuant to a structural change; or</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>b</num>
<p>the appropriate Treasurer referred to in section 5(1)(c) of the Act (which deals with the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple);</p>
</item>
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</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-honey-directive">the Honey Directive</term>
” means Council Directive
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2001/0110">2001/110/EC</ref>
relating to honey
<noteRef href="#c22642431" marker="M11" class="commentary M"/>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-ingredient">ingredient</term>
” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(f) of FIC, as read with Article 2(5) of the Honey Directive;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-in-trade">in trade</term>
” has the same meaning as in the Honey Directive and “trade in” and “trading in” are to be construed accordingly;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-label">label</term>
” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(i) of FIC;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-packs">packs</term>
” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-trade-documents">trade documents</term>
” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Honey Directive;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-specific-quality-criteria">specific quality criteria</term>
” has the same meaning as in the third indented paragraph of paragraph (b) of the second sub-paragraph of point 2 of Article 2 of the Honey Directive.
</p>
</item>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Any other expression used in both these Regulations and in the Honey Directive has the same meaning in these Regulations as in that Directive.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
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<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-4" period="#period1">
<num>4</num>
<heading>Limited scope of specified provisions</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The following provisions only apply in relation to a product intended for supply to a final consumer or mass caterer—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>Part 2, except for regulations 14(4) and 15(4) and (5);</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>regulation 16(1) and (2);</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-4-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>Part 4.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Regulation 16(3) and (4) only apply where the products intended for human consumption specified in those paragraphs (the products to which honey is added as an ingredient) are intended for supply to a final consumer or mass caterer.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In this regulation—</p>
<blockList class="unordered">
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-final-consumer">final consumer</term>
” has the meaning given in point 18 of Article 3 of Regulation
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2002/0178">(EC) No 178/2002</ref>
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 safety
<noteRef href="#c22642441" marker="M12" class="commentary M"/>
;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-mass-caterer">mass caterer</term>
” has the meaning given in Article 2(2)(d) of FIC.
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-5" period="#period1">
<num>5</num>
<heading>Application of requirements relating to product names</heading>
<content>
<p>Where two or more provisions of these Regulations apply in determining the name to be used in respect of a particular honey, a person trading in that honey must use a name or combination name which complies with the requirements of each of those provisions.</p>
</content>
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</part>
<part eId="part-2" period="#period1">
<num>
<strong>PART 2</strong>
</num>
<heading>Product names and descriptions</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-6" period="#period1">
<num>6</num>
<heading>Honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-6-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in a honey, except a honey to which paragraph (2) applies, must use the name “honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-6-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>This paragraph applies to—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>baker's honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>comb honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>drained honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>extracted honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>filtered honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>honeydew honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>honey that contains one or more pieces of comb honey (chunk honey and cut comb in honey);</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>honey that is obtained from the nectar of plants (blossom honey and nectar honey); and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-6-2-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>pressed honey.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-6-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-7" period="#period1">
<num>7</num>
<heading>Blossom honey and nectar honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-7-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in honey obtained from the nectar of plants must use the name “honey”, “blossom honey” or “nectar honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-7-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “blossom honey” or “nectar honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not honey obtained from the nectar of plants.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-8" period="#period1">
<num>8</num>
<heading>Honeydew honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-8-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in a honeydew honey must use the name “honey” or “honeydew honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-8-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “honeydew honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not honeydew honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-9" period="#period1">
<num>9</num>
<heading>Comb honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-9-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in a comb honey must use the name “comb honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-9-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “comb honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not comb honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-10" period="#period1">
<num>10</num>
<heading>Chunk honey and cut comb in honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in a honey that contains one or more pieces of comb honey must use the name “chunk honey” or “cut comb in honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-10-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “chunk honey” or “cut comb in honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product does not contain one or more pieces of comb honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-11" period="#period1">
<num>11</num>
<heading>Drained honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in drained honey must use the name “honey” or “drained honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-11-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “drained honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not drained honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-12" period="#period1">
<num>12</num>
<heading>Extracted honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-12-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in extracted honey must use the name “honey” or “extracted honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-12-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “extracted honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not extracted honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-13" period="#period1">
<num>13</num>
<heading>Pressed honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-13-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in pressed honey must use the name “honey” or “pressed honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-13-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “pressed honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not pressed honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-14" period="#period1">
<num>14</num>
<heading>Filtered honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-14-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in filtered honey must use the name “filtered honey” in trade as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-14-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “filtered honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not filtered honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-14-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in filtered honey must not provide information relating to the floral, vegetable, regional, territorial or topographical origin of the product or specific quality criteria for the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-14-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>A person must not trade in filtered honey in bulk containers or packs unless the product name “filtered honey” is clearly indicated—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>on those containers and packs; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-14-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>on the trade documents relating to the product.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-15" period="#period1">
<num>15</num>
<heading>Baker's honey</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in baker's honey must use the name “baker's honey”, in trade, as the name of the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use the name “baker's honey” in trade as the name of a product if the product is not baker's honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A person trading in baker's honey must not provide information relating to the floral, vegetable, regional, territorial or topographical origin of the product or specific quality criteria for the product.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not trade in baker's honey unless the words “intended for cooking only” appear on the label of the product in close proximity to the product name.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A person must not trade in baker's honey in bulk containers or packs unless the product name “baker's honey” is clearly indicated—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>on those containers and packs; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-15-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>on the trade documents relating to the product.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Where baker's honey is used as an ingredient in a compound foodstuff, the product name “honey” may be used, in trade, in the product name of the compound foodstuff instead of “baker's honey”.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-15-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Where baker's honey is used as an ingredient in a compound foodstuff and the name “honey” is used in the product name of the compound foodstuff, a person must not trade in that foodstuff unless the list of ingredients for that foodstuff identifies that honey ingredient using the name “baker's honey”.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<part eId="part-3" period="#period1">
<num>
<strong>PART 3</strong>
</num>
<heading>Compositional requirements</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-16" period="#period1">
<num>16</num>
<heading>Compositional requirements</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-16-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not place any product on the market as “honey” unless it meets the appropriate compositional criteria for “honey” specified in Schedule 1.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-16-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not place any product on the market using a product name listed in paragraph (5) unless it meets the appropriate compositional criteria for that type of honey specified in Schedule 1.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-16-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use a product (“the honey ingredient”) as “honey” in a product intended to be placed on the market for human consumption unless the honey ingredient meets the appropriate compositional criteria for “honey” specified in Schedule 1.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-16-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A person must not use a product (“the honey ingredient”) as honey of a type listed in paragraph (5) in a product intended to be placed on the market for human consumption unless the honey ingredient meets the appropriate compositional criteria for that type of honey specified in Schedule 1.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-16-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The product names and types of honey are—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>baker's honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>blossom honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>chunk honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>comb honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>cut comb in honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>drained honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>extracted honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>filtered honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>honeydew honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-j">
<num>j</num>
<content>
<p>nectar honey;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-16-5-k">
<num>k</num>
<content>
<p>pressed honey.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<part eId="part-4" period="#period3">
<num>
<strong>PART 4</strong>
</num>
<heading>Additional labelling requirements</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-17" period="#period3">
<num>17</num>
<heading>Additional labelling requirements</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-17-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
No person may trade in honey unless the country of origin where the honey has been harvested is indicated on the label except that, if the honey originates in more than one
<noteRef href="#key-b9f8595af3acd4fdf330bec3446bfb78" marker="F3" class="commentary F"/>
... country, the countries of origin may be replaced with
<ins class="substitution key-e32a55b80a3810758723e6f0e2d3df14-1646913065862 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-e32a55b80a3810758723e6f0e2d3df14" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the indication “blend of honeys from more than one country” or similar wording
</ins>
.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-17-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
In paragraphs (3) to (5), “
<term refersTo="#term-relevant-honey">relevant honey</term>
” means all honey except for baker's honey and filtered honey.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-17-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The product name of a relevant honey may be supplemented by information relating to its floral or vegetable origin but no person may trade in a relevant honey for which such supplemental information is provided unless the product comes wholly or mainly from the indicated source and possesses the organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics of the source.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-17-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The product name of a relevant honey may be supplemented by information relating to its regional, territorial or topographical origin but no person may trade in a relevant honey for which such supplemental information is provided unless the product comes entirely from the indicated origin.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-17-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The product name of a relevant honey may be supplemented by information relating to its specific quality criteria.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<part eId="part-5" period="#period4">
<num>
<strong>PART 5</strong>
</num>
<heading>Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions</heading>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-18" period="#period1">
<num>18</num>
<heading>Enforcement</heading>
<content>
<p>Each food authority must enforce and execute these Regulations in its area.</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-18A" period="#period2">
<num>
<ins class="key-d29097f6c4ead681eddbce45bdd7901f-1646912861670">18A</ins>
</num>
<heading>
<ins class="key-d29097f6c4ead681eddbce45bdd7901f-1646912861670 first">
<noteRef href="#key-d29097f6c4ead681eddbce45bdd7901f" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Methods of analysis
</ins>
</heading>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-d29097f6c4ead681eddbce45bdd7901f-1646912861670 last">In carrying out its obligations under regulation 18, a food authority must, whenever possible, use a method of analysis approved by the Codex Alimentarius, or another internationally recognised validated method of analysis, to verify compliance with the provisions of these Regulations.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-19" period="#period1">
<num>19</num>
<heading>Application and modification of provisions of the Act</heading>
<content>
<p>The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 apply, with the modifications specified in column 2 of that table, for the purposes of these Regulations.</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-20" period="#period1">
<num>20</num>
<heading>Revocations</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-20-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The following are revoked—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-20-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
the Honey (England) Regulations 2003
<noteRef href="#c22642451" marker="M13" class="commentary M"/>
; and
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-20-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
the Honey (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005
<noteRef href="#c22642461" marker="M14" class="commentary M"/>
.
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-20-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>
In the Food Information Regulations 2014
<noteRef href="#c22642471" marker="M15" class="commentary M"/>
the following provisions are omitted—
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-20-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>entry 14 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 6; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-20-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>paragraphs 35 to 37 of Schedule 7.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-21" period="#period1">
<num>21</num>
<heading>Amendment of the Food Information Regulations 2014</heading>
<content>
<p>Schedule 3 (amendment of the Food Information Regulations 2014) has effect.</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-22" period="#period1">
<num>22</num>
<heading>Transitional provision</heading>
<intro>
<p>An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve an improvement notice under section 10(1) of the Act, as applied and modified by regulation 19, as read with Schedule 2, if—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-22-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market or labelled before 24th June 2015; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-22-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the matters constituting the alleged contravention would not have constituted an offence under the Honey (England) Regulations 2003 as they stood immediately before 24th June 2015.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-22A" period="#period4">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">22A</ins>
</num>
<heading>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955 first">
<noteRef href="#key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d" marker="F2" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Transitional provisions: withdrawal from the EU
</ins>
</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-22A-1">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">1</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a contravention of regulation 17(1) if—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-22A-1-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market before IP completion day; and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-22A-1-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">the matter would not have constituted a contravention of regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-22A-2">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">2</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">An authorised officer of a food authority must not serve on a person an improvement notice relating to a contravention of regulation 17(1) if—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-22A-2-a">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">the improvement notice would relate to a product that was placed on the market </ins>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">
<ins class="substitution key-d1a49be654ed06124b520d3f1773c65b-1668097563968 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-d1a49be654ed06124b520d3f1773c65b" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
before 1 January 2024
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-22A-2-b">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">the product bears one of the indications provided for in regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-22A-2-c">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">had the product been placed on the market immediately before IP completion day, the use of the indication would not have constituted a contravention of regulation 17(1) as that provision had effect immediately before IP completion day; and</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-22A-2-d">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">the indication is accurate in identifying the “EU”, “non-EU” or “EU and non-EU” origins, as the case may be, of the honeys in the product.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-22A-3">
<num>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955">3</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="key-b1f77ec0cac54fdbf24b59d9a2b3ef2d-1646912956955 last">In this regulation, “improvement notice” means an improvement notice pursuant to regulation 19.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-23" period="#period1">
<num>23</num>
<heading>Review</heading>
<paragraph eId="regulation-23-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Secretary of State must from time to time—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-23-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>carry out a review of these Regulations;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-23-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-23-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>publish the report.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-23-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Honey Directive (which is implemented by means of these Regulations) is implemented in other member States.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-23-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>The report must in particular—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-23-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-23-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="regulation-23-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-23-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-23-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Reports under these Regulations are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<hcontainer name="signatures" period="#period1">
<content>
<block name="signature">
<signature>
<person refersTo="#ref-d4e1218">George Eustice</person>
<role refersTo="#ref-d4e1220"> Minister of State</role>
<location refersTo="# departmentforenvironmentfoodandruralaffairs"> Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</location>
<date date="2015-05-30"/>
</signature>
</block>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="schedules" eId="d4e1227" period="#period1">
<hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1" period="#period1">
<num>
SCHEDULE 1
<authorialNote class="referenceNote" placement="right">
<p> Regulation 16</p>
</authorialNote>
</num>
<heading>Compositional criteria</heading>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-1" period="#period1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and glucose, as well as other substances such as organic acids, enzymes and solid particles derived from honey collection.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-2" period="#period1">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The colour varies from nearly colourless to dark brown.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-3" period="#period1">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The consistency can be fluid, viscous or partly or entirely crystallised.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-4" period="#period1">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The flavour and aroma vary but are derived from the plant origin.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-5" period="#period1">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>No food ingredient has been added, including any food additive.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-6" period="#period1">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>No other additions have been made to the honey except for other honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-7" period="#period1">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>It must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8" period="#period1">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>It must not—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>have any foreign tastes or odours;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>have begun to ferment;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>have an artificially changed acidity;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-8-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-9" period="#period1">
<num>9</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraph 8 does not apply to baker's honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-10" period="#period1">
<num>10</num>
<content>
<p>No pollen or constituent particular to honey may be removed except where this is unavoidable in the removal of foreign inorganic or organic matter.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-11" period="#period1">
<num>11</num>
<content>
<p>Paragraph 10 does not apply to filtered honey.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12" period="#period1">
<num>12</num>
<content>
<p>The additional compositional criteria set out in the following table apply—</p>
<tblock class="tabular">
<table style="table-layout:fixed">
<tr>
<th style="width:69%">
<p>
<em>Criteria</em>
</p>
</th>
<th style="width:31%">
<p>
<em>Amount</em>
</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">
<p>
<strong>Sugar content</strong>
</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-1">
<num>1</num>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-1-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Fructose and glucose content (sum of both)—</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<p/>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-an1">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>blossom honey</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not less than 60g/100g</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-bn1">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>honeydew honey and a blend of honeydew honey with blossom honey</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not less than 45g/100g</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-2n1">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Sucrose content—</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<p/>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-an2">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>all honey except for honey specified in paragraph (b) or (c)</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 5g/100g</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-bn2">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
false acacia (
<em>Robinia pseudoacacia</em>
) honey, alfalfa (
<em>Medicago sativa</em>
) honey, Menzies Banksia (
<em>Banksia menziesii</em>
) honey, French honeysuckle (
<em>Hedysarum</em>
) honey, red gum (
<em>Eucalyptus camadulensis</em>
) honey, leatherwood (
<em>Eucryphia lucida, Eucryphia milliganii</em>
) honey,
<em>Citrus </em>
spp. honey
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 10g/100g</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-cn1">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
lavender (
<em>Lavandula </em>
spp.) honey, borage (
<em>Borago officinalis</em>
) honey
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 15g/100g</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">
<p>
<strong>Moisture content</strong>
</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-2n2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Moisture content—</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<p/>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-an3">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>all honey except for honey specified in paragraph (b), (c) or (d)</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 20%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-bn3">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
honey from heather (
<em>Calluna</em>
)
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 23%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-cn2">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
baker's honey except for baker's honey from heather (
<em>Calluna</em>
)
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 23%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-dn1">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
baker's honey from heather (
<em>Calluna</em>
)
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 25%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">
<p>
<strong>Water-insoluble content</strong>
</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Water-insoluble content—</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<p/>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-an4">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>all honey except pressed honey</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 0.1g/100g</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-bn4">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>pressed honey</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 0.5g/100g</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">
<p>
<strong>Electrical conductivity</strong>
</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Electrical conductivity—</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<p/>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-an5">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
all honey except for bell heather (
<em>Erica</em>
) honey, chestnut honey, eucalyptus honey, honeydew honey, lime (
<em>Tilia </em>
spp.) honey, ling heather (
<em>Calluna vulgaris</em>
) honey, manuka or jelly bush (
<em>Leptospermum</em>
) honey, strawberry tree (
<em>Arbutus unedo</em>
) honey and tea tree (
<em>Melaleuca</em>
spp.) honey
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 0.8mS/cm</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-bn5">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>blends of honeys to which paragraph (a) applies</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 0.8mS/cm</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-cn3">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>honeydew honey</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not less than 0.8mS/cm</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-dn2">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
blends of honeydew honey except blends of that honey with bell heather (
<em>Erica</em>
) honey, eucalyptus honey, lime (
<em>Tilia </em>
spp.) honey, ling heather (
<em>Calluna vulgaris</em>
) honey, manuka or jelly bush (
<em>Leptospermum</em>
) honey, strawberry tree (
<em>Arbutus unedo</em>
) honey and tea tree (
<em>Melaleuca</em>
spp.) honey
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not less than 0.8mS/cm</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>chestnut honey</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not less than 0.8mS/cm</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>
blends of chestnut honey except blends of that honey with bell heather (
<em>Erica</em>
) honey, eucalyptus honey, lime (
<em>Tilia </em>
spp.) honey, ling heather (
<em>Calluna vulgaris</em>
) honey, manuka or jelly bush (
<em>Leptospermum</em>
) honey, strawberry tree (
<em>Arbutus unedo</em>
) honey and tea tree (
<em>Melaleuca</em>
spp.) honey
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not less than 0.8mS/cm</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">
<p>
<strong>Free acid</strong>
</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Free acid—</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<p/>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-an6">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>all honey except for baker's honey</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 50 milli-equivalents acid/kg</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-bn6">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>baker's honey</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 80 milli-equivalents acid/kg</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">
<p>
<strong>Diastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural content</strong>
</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Diastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural content (HMF) determined after processing and blending—</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<p/>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-an7">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>diastase activity (Schade scale) —</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-in1">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>all honey except baker's honey and honey specified in sub-paragraph (ii)</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not less than 8</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-iin1">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>honey with a low natural enzyme content (e.g. citrus honey) and an HMF content of not more than 15mg/kg</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not less than 3</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-bn7">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>HMF—</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-in2">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>all honey except baker's honey and honey specified in sub-paragraph (ii)</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 40mg/kg</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<paragraph eId="schedule-1-paragraph-12-iin2">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>honey of a declared origin from a region with a tropical climate and blends of these honeys</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>not more than 80mg/kg</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</tblock>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-2" period="#period1">
<num>
SCHEDULE 2
<authorialNote class="referenceNote" placement="right">
<p> Regulation 19</p>
</authorialNote>
</num>
<heading>Application and modification of provisions of the Act</heading>
<content>
<tblock class="tabular">
<table style="table-layout:fixed">
<tr>
<th style="width:33%">
<p>
<em>Column 1</em>
<em>Provision of the Act</em>
</p>
</th>
<th style="width:67%">
<p>
<em>Column 2</em>
<em>Modifications</em>
</p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 3 (presumptions that food intended for human consumption)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
In subsection (1), for “this Act” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 10(1) and (2) (improvement notices)</p>
</td>
<td>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>For subsection (1) (improvement notices) substitute—</p>
</blockContainer>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d4e1836">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>
If an authorised officer of a food authority has reasonable grounds for believing that a person is failing to comply with any of regulations 6 to 17 of the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, the authorised officer may, by a notice served on that person (in this Act referred to as an “
<term refersTo="#term-improvement-notice">improvement notice</term>
”)—
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="d4e1845">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>state the officer's grounds for believing that the person is failing to comply with the relevant provision;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="d4e1851">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>specify the matters which constitute the person's failure so to comply;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="d4e1857">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>specify the measures which, in the officer's opinion, the person must take in order to secure compliance; and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="d4e1863">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>require the person to take those measures, or measures that are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 20 (offences due to fault of another person)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
For “any of the preceding provisions of this Part” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 21(1) and (5) (defence of due diligence)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
In subsection (1), for “any of the preceding provisions of this Part” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 30(8) (evidence of certificates given by a food analyst or examiner)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
For “this Act” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 33 (obstruction etc. of officers)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
In subsection (1), for “this Act” (in each place occurring) substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
Section 35(1)
<noteRef href="#c22642481" marker="M16" class="commentary M"/>
and (2)
<noteRef href="#c22642491" marker="M17" class="commentary M"/>
(punishment of offences)
</p>
</td>
<td>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>
In subsection (1), after “section 33(1) above”, insert
<mod>
<quotedText>“ , as applied and modified by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</blockContainer>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>After subsection (1), insert—</p>
</blockContainer>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d4e1927">
<num>1A</num>
<content>
<p>A person guilty of an offence under section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>
In subsection (2) for “any other offence under this Act” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ an offence under section 33(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</blockContainer>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 36 (offences by body corporate)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
In subsection (1), for “this Act” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>
Section 36A
<noteRef href="#c22642501" marker="M18" class="commentary M"/>
(offences by Scottish partnerships)
</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
For “this Act” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ section 10(2), as applied by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 37(1) and (6) (appeals)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
<embeddedStructure>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>For subsection (1) substitute—</p>
</blockContainer>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d4e1971">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of an authorised officer of a food authority to serve an improvement notice under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>In subsection (6)—</p>
</blockContainer>
<paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
for “(3) or (4)” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ (1) ”</quotedText>
</mod>
, and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-2-paragraph-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
in paragraph (a), for “a magistrates' court or to the sheriff” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ the First-tier Tribunal ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</embeddedStructure>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 39 (appeals against improvement notices)</p>
</td>
<td>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>For subsection (1) substitute—</p>
</blockContainer>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<paragraph eId="d4e2011">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>On an appeal against an improvement notice served under section 10(1), as applied and modified by regulation 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Honey (England) Regulations 2015, the First-tier Tribunal may either cancel or affirm the notice and, if it affirms it, may do so either in its original form or with such modifications as the First-tier Tribunal may in the circumstances think fit.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
<blockContainer class="BlockText">
<p>In subsection (3), omit “for want of prosecution”</p>
</blockContainer>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p>Section 44 (protection of officers acting in good faith)</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>
For “this Act” (in each place occurring) substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>“ the Honey (England) Regulations 2015 ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</tblock>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-3" period="#period1">
<num>
SCHEDULE 3
<authorialNote class="referenceNote" placement="right">
<p> Regulation 21</p>
</authorialNote>
</num>
<heading>Amendment of the Food Information Regulations 2014</heading>
<paragraph eId="schedule-3-paragraph-1" period="#period1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The Food Information Regulations 2014
<noteRef href="#c22642511" marker="M19" class="commentary M"/>
are amended as follows.
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<intro>
<p>In the table in Part 2 of Schedule 5 (FIC provisions in relation to which an improvement notice may be served on and from 13th December 2014)—</p>
</intro>
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<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
in the third column, at the end of entry number 26, insert
<mod>
<quotedText>
“ , and, in relation to honey, point 4(b) of Article 2 of Council Directive
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2001/0110">2001/110/EC</ref>
relating to honey
<noteRef href="#c22642521" marker="M20" class="commentary M"/>
</quotedText>
</mod>
; and
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<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
in the third column, in entry number 27, for “and the first subparagraph of Article 54(1)” substitute
<mod>
<quotedText>
“ , the first subparagraph of Article 54(1) and, in relation to honey, point 4(b) of Article 2 of Council Directive
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2001/0110">2001/110/EC</ref>
</quotedText>
</mod>
.
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<authorialNote>
<p>
<em>(This note is not part of the Regulations)</em>
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<p>
These Regulations, which apply in England, implement Council Directive
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2001/0110">2001/110/EC</ref>
relating to honey (OJ No L 10, 12.1.2002, p 47). They revoke and replace the Honey (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2243).
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<p>The Regulations regulate the use of the names “honey” (regulation 6), “blossom honey” and “nectar honey” (regulation 7), “honeydew honey” (regulation 8), “comb honey” (regulation 9), “chunk honey” and “cut comb in honey” (regulation 10), “drained honey” (regulation 11), “extracted honey” (regulation 12), “pressed honey” (regulation 13), “filtered honey” (regulation 14) and “baker's honey” (regulation 15).</p>
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<p>Regulation 16 and Schedule 1 prescribe compositional criteria with which such products must comply when placed on the market as honey and when used as honey in a product intended for human consumption.</p>
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<p>Regulation 17 contains additional labelling provisions.</p>
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<p>Regulation 18 imposes an obligation on food authorities to enforce the Regulations.</p>
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<p>Regulation 19 and Schedule 2 apply certain provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990 (1990 c. 16), with modifications. This includes the application (with modifications) of section 10(1), enabling an improvement notice to be served requiring compliance with specified provisions of the Regulations.</p>
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<p>The provisions, as applied, make the failure to comply with an improvement notice an offence.</p>
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<p>As well as revoking the Honey (England) Regulations 2003, regulation 20 revokes the Honey (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I 2005/1920) and omits specified provisions of the Food Information Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1855) relating to the Honey (England) Regulations 2003.</p>
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<p>Regulation 21 and Schedule 3 amend the Food Information Regulations 2014.</p>
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<p>Regulation 22 makes a transitional provision in respect of food placed on the market or labelled before 24th June 2015, prohibiting an improvement notice from being served in relation to such food if it would have been compliant with the Honey (England) Regulations 2003.</p>
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<p>Regulation 23 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of these Regulations and publish a report within five years after they come into force and within every five years after that. Following a review it will fall to the Secretary of State to consider whether the Regulations should remain as they are, or be revoked or be amended. A further instrument would be needed to revoke the Regulations or to amend them.</p>
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<p>A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum for the Regulations, to which a Transposition Note is attached, is published alongside the Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.</p>
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