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Karen Kennedy, M.Sc.(Agr), P.Ag. Fruit Crop Development Officer

& Provincial Apiarist

REQUIREMENTS TO SELL HONEY

Selling Honey

•When sold in Canada, subject to the Food and Drugs

Act (FDA) and the Consumer Packaging and Labelling

Act (CPLA).

•Do NOT require a food premise license to sell honey!

•Monitored by CFIA

Labelling Requirements

•Common Name

•Brand or trade name

•List of Ingredients

•Net Quantity

• Identity & Place of Business

•Country of Origin

•Grade & Colour Class Designation

•Type Height for Net Quantity

•# Containers within bulk container

•Lot Number

Common Name

• “Honeydew honey“

• "Lavender honey“

• "Rubinia honey

• “Alfalfa honey,” or

•The name "honey" alone or accompanied by the

name of the blossom (e.g. clover honey)


•Common Name



•Net Quantity






•Lot Number

Brand/Trade Name

•Paradise Honey

•Tucks Bee Better Honey

•Pure Nova Scotia Honey

•Billy Bee Honey


•Common Name



•Net Quantity






•Lot Number

List of Ingredients

•For single ingredient foods, the common name of the

product is the list of ingredients


•Common Name



•Net Quantity






•Lot Number

Net Quantity

•Standard container sizes: Any weight up to and

including 150 g, 250 g, 375 g, 500 g, 750 g, 1 kg,

1.5 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg or 5 kg.

•Honey packaged in bulk: 7 kg, 15 kg, 30 kg

- Containers >30 kg, a multiple of 1 kg


•Common Name



•Net Quantity






•Lot Number

Identity & Place of Business

•Domestic prepackaged honey for the consumer –

must be on the label

•Domestic honey packaged in bulk – must be on the

container

• Imported honey - must be on the label


•Common Name



•Net Quantity



•Grade & Colour Designation Class

•Type Height for Net Quantity, etc.


•Lot Number

Country of Origin

•Domestic Honey: where produced & graded under the Honey Regulations, the container marked with the words "Product of Canada”

• Imported Honey: where repacked (unblended) as prepackaged honey for the consumer, the containers shall be marked "Product of _____".

•Blend of Domestic and Imported Honey: container must be marked with the words "A Blend of Canadian and ______ Honey"


•Common Name



•Net Quantity



•Grade & Colour Designation Class



•Lot Number

Grade & Colour Class Designation

• Canadian Honey or repackaged and graded Imported Honey:

• Canada No. 1

• Canada No. 2

• Canada No. 3

• Substandard

• Imported Honey in original containers

• Grade No. 1

• Grade No. 2

• Grade No. 3

** Cannot be written on the label unless the honey is prepared

in a registered establishment by CFIA **


Class Designation on Honey Classifier

Reading on Pfund Honey Grader

White Not darker than white ≤ 30 mm

Golden Darker than white, but not darker than Golden

30 mm -50 mm

Amber darker than Golden, but not darker than Amber

50 mm -85 mm

Dark Darker than Amber ≥ 85 mm

Colour Class Designation for Prepackaged Honey for the Consumer


Colour Class Designation for Honey Packed in Bulk Containers Consumer

Class Designation on Honey Classifier

Reading on Pfund Honey Grader

Extra White

not darker than Extra White

≤ 13 mm

White darker than Extra White but not darker than White

13 mm -30 mm

Golden darker than White but not darker than Golden

30 mm -50 mm

Light Amber

darker than Golden but not darker than Amber

50 mm -85 mm

Dark Amber

darker than Amber but not darker than Dark

85 mm -114 mm

Dark darker than Dark ≥ 114 mm

Photometer


•Common Name



•Net Quantity






•Lot Number


•Common Name



•Net Quantity






•Lot Number

# Containers Within a Bulk Container

•The number of containers within a bulk container of

honey must be indicated on the label


•Common Name



•Net Quantity






•Lot Number

Lot Number

•Required on domestic honey that is packed in a bulk

container.

•This information must appear with a minimum type

size height of 9.5 mm on at least one end or side of

the container

Other Required Markings

• the word "liquid"

• the word "creamed“ indicating contents are

granulated

• the word "pasteurized“ if treated in a registered

pasteurizing establishment

Example of a Label

Labelling Assistance

• Crystal Anderson-Baggs – Market Development Officer

• Design logos & graphics for labels

• [email protected]

• Leona Raymond – Food Safety Coordinator

• Label specifics, nutritional labeling, sterilization procedures,

food safety training

• [email protected]

• Printing of labels is the producer's responsibility!

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

• Regulates federally registered honey establishments and honey imported into Canada to verify that honey is safe and wholesome, properly packaged and labelled according to the regulatory requirements, and eligible to be traded interprovincially, exported or bear the Canada grade mark.

• Monitors the labelling and selling of honey

Cheryl White

Regional Food Program Officer

Canadian Food Inspection Agency / Government of Canada [email protected] /(709) 772-4655

Exporting Canadian Honey

• Requirements:

• Prepared in a Registered Honey Establishment (under CFIA)

• Appropriate Grade or Standard

• Prescribed containers

• Correct Labelling

• Health and Safety Requirements

• Export Inspection: A person wanting an export certificate (for his own protection or to meet a requirement of an importing country e.g. European Union) shall submit a completed application to the CFIA

• Administrative Inspections: At any time, the CFIA may randomly inspect any honey to ensure that minimum requirements (grade and standard, prescribed containers, labelling and health standards) are met.

Importing Honey & Interprovincial Trade

• Appropriate Grade and Standard

• Prescribed Containers

• Correct Labelling

• Health and Safety Requirements

• The load is accompanied by an Import Declaration form completed in duplicate by the importer

Exemptions - if the import:

• weighs 20 kg or less;

• is part of an immigrant's effects;

• is carried on any means of transportation for use as food for the crew or passengers thereof.

Thank you!

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