PART 3Compositional requirements

Compositional requirements16

1

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.