Advanced Search

Honey Regulation

Original Language Title: Honigverordnung

Subscribe to a Global-Regulation Premium Membership Today!

Key Benefits:

Subscribe Now for only USD$40 per month.

Honey Regulation (HonigV)

Unofficial table of contents

HonigV

Date of completion: 16.01.2004

Full quote:

" Honey Ordinance of 16 January 2004 (BGBl. 92), as defined by Article 1 of the Regulation of 30 June 2015 (BGBl). 1090).

Status: Last amended by Art. 9 V v. 8.8.2007 I 1816
Note: Amendment by Art. 1 V v. 30.6.2015 I 1090 (No 27) in the form of a text, documentary evidence not yet concludedly processed

For more details, please refer to the menu under Notes
This Regulation lays down the provisions of Council Directive 2001 /110/EC of 20 December 2001 on honey (OJ L 327, 22.12.2001, p. EC 2002 No 47) are transposed into German law.

Footnote

(+ + + Text proof: 29.1.2004 + + +) 
(+ + + Official note from the norm-provider on EC law:
Implementation of the
ERL 110/2001 (CELEX Nr: 301L0110) + + +)

Unofficial table of contents

Input formula

The Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture is responsible for the
-
Article 19 (1) (1), (2) (b), (3) and (4) (a) and (c) of the German Food and Commodities Act as amended by the Notice of 9 September 1997 (BGBl. 2296), which is provided for in Article 42 (4) of the Regulation of 29 June 2005. October 2001 (BGBl. 2785), in conjunction with Section 1 of the Jurisdiction Adjustment Act of 16 August 2002 (BGBl). 3165) and the organisational decree of 22. October 2002 (BGBl. 4206), in agreement with the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour, and
-
Section 44 (1) (2) of the German Food and Commodities Act:
Unofficial table of contents

§ 1 Scope

The products listed in Appendix 1 shall be subject to this Regulation in so far as they are intended to be placed on the market as food products. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Requirements for the quality

(1) Honey must comply with the requirements of Appendix 2 in terms of its nature. (2) Pollen is a natural component of honey and is not an ingredient within the meaning of Article 2 (2) (f) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of European Parliament and Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers and 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, Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008 /5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 1. 18), as last amended by the Delegated Regulation (EU) No 78/2014 (OJ L 327, 22.12.2011, p. OJ L 27, 30.1.2014, p. 7). Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 Labelling

(1) For the products listed in Appendix 1, the names referred to therein are sales designations within the meaning of the Food Labelling Regulation. (2) The names referred to in Appendix 1 shall be the products listed in Annex 1. reserved. These names may be replaced by the term "honey" in addition to the products referred to in Annex 1 (II) (3), (4), (8) and (9). (3) The names referred to in Appendix 1 may, except in the case of products referred to in Appendix 1, point II (8) and (9) shall be supplemented by information
1.
the origin of flowers or living parts of plants, if the honey is wholly or predominantly derived from the said flowers or plants and has the corresponding organoleptic, physicochemical and microscopic characteristics;
2.
regional, territorial or topographical origin, if the honey is exclusively of the origin indicated;
3.
special quality characteristics.
(4) In addition to the particulars required under the Food Labelling Regulation, the labelling of the products listed in Appendix 1 shall include the following information to be specified in accordance with paragraph 5:
1.
the country of origin or the countries of origin in which the honey has been produced; in the case of more than one country of origin, one of the following information may instead be given, provided that the honey has been produced there:
a)
"Blend of honey from EU countries",
b)
"Blend of honey from non-EU countries",
c)
"mixture of honey from EU countries and non-EU countries",
2.
the indication "only for cooking and baking" in the case of products referred to in Annex 1, Section II, point 9.
(5) The indication referred to in paragraph 4 (2) shall be indicated in conjunction with the sales designation. Moreover, for the manner in which the marking referred to in paragraph 4 (3), third sentence, first sentence, and (3), first half-sentence and (4) of the food labelling regulation applies. (6) For the products referred to in Annex 1, Section II, Nos 8 and 9, which do not apply to: Whereas the supply of goods to consumers must be specified in the transport containers, packaging and business documents; whereas the consumer is a host, a community catering facility and a trader; as far as they relate to food for consumption within their premises, same. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 Traffic bans

For commercial purposes, it is not permitted to be placed on the market:
1.
food provided with a name listed in Appendix 1, without complying with the definitions set out in Appendix 1 or in accordance with the provisions of Section 2;
2.
Honey, the name of which is supplemented by the information provided for in Article 3 (3), without complying with the requirements set out therein,
3.
Products within the meaning of Appendix 1 which are not provided with a claim prescribed in accordance with section 3 (4), also in conjunction with paragraph 5, sentence 1, or paragraph 6.
Unofficial table of contents

§ 5 (omitted)

- Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Crime offences and administrative offences

(1) According to Article 59 (1) (21) (a) of the Food and Feed Code, it is punishable who is placing food on the market in breach of § 4 No. 1 or 2. (2) Anyone who is negligent in committing an act referred to in paragraph 1 shall act in accordance with Section 60 (1) (1) of the German Food and Feed Code. 1 of the Food and Feed Code. (3) unlawful within the meaning of Article 60 (2) (26) (a) of the Food and Feed Code, who intentionally or negligently contrasts with § 4 (3) a product in the Transport brings. Unofficial table of contents

§ 7 Transitional Regulation

Until 23 June 2015, products may be manufactured and labelled in accordance with the provisions in force until 8 July 2015. Products produced and labelled in accordance with the first sentence may be placed on the market until the stocks are dismantled. Unofficial table of contents

§ 8

- Unofficial table of contents

§ 9 Entry into force, external force

(1) The Regulation shall enter into force on the day following the date of delivery. (2) Unofficial table of contents

Final formula

The Federal Council has agreed. Unofficial table of contents

Appendix 1 (to § § 1, 3 and 4)
Definitions, traffic names

Section I
General
Honey is the natural sweetener produced by honey bees by taking in nectar of plants or secreted plant parts or excretes of plants sucking on the living parts of plants, by means of insects, by means of Combine with your own specific substances, store, dehydrate and store them in the honeycombs of the beehive and leave it to mature.
Honey consists essentially of different sugars, in particular fructose and glucose, as well as organic acids, enzymes and solid particles collected in the nectar collection. The colour of the honey ranges from almost colourless to dark brown. It can be of liquid, viscous or partly to continuous crystalline nature. The differences in flavor and aroma are determined by the respective botanical origin. Section II
Honey species
The following types of honey are differentiated according to origin, type of thread, offer form or purpose specification:
Definition of transport definition
1. Blossom honey or nectar honey completely or predominantly from the nectar of plants originating honey
2. Honey honey Honey which is wholly or predominantly derived from excreted excreting on plants of sucking insects (Hemiptera) or from secreted parts of living plant parts.
3. Honey comb honey or disc honey of bees in the capped, brutfree cells of the honeycombs they have freshly built, or in honeycombs of fine, exclusively beeswax-made honey, of honey stored in whole or divided honeycombs traded
4. Honey with honeycomb parts or honeycomb pieces in honey Honey containing one or more pieces of honeycomb honey
5. Tropfhonig Honey obtained by the eye drops of the undiscovered, brutfree honeycombs
6. Whiplash by whiplash of the discovered, brut-free honeycombs honey
7. Presshonig Honey obtained by pressing the non-brute honeycombs without or with heating to a maximum of 45 degrees C
8. filtered honey Honey which is obtained by removing inorganic or organic foreign substances in such a way that pollen is removed to a considerable extent
9. Backhoney Honey which is suitable for industrial purposes or as an ingredient for other foods which are subsequently processed
Unofficial table of contents

Appendix 2 (to § § 2 and 4)
Requirements to be met

Section I
General requirements
Honey must not be added to other substances as honey.
Honey must, as far as possible, be free from organic and inorganic honey-containing substances. Honey must not, however, be removed from pollen or other honey-specific substances, as far as this is not unavoidable in the removal of inorganic or organic honey substances. By way of derogation, filtered honey may have been removed from pollen.
Honey must not have an artificially changed acidity. Honey, with the exception of baker honey, must not have a foreign taste or smell, should not have been in fermentation or gore or have been heated to such an extent that the enzymes have been substantially or completely inactivated.
Specific requirements
1. Sugar content
1.1. Fructose and glucose levels (sum)
a) Blossom honey at least 60 g/100 g,
b) Honey baptite, alone or in combination with blossom honey at least 45 g/100 g,
1.2. Sucrose content
a) In general no more than 5 g/100 g,
b) Honey from Robinie (Robinia pseudoacacia), Lucerne (Medicago sativa), Banksia menziesii, sweet clover (Hedysarum), Red Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camadulensis), Eucryphia lucida, Eucryphia milliganii, Citrus spp. no more than 10 g/100 g,
c) Honey of lavender (Lavandula spp.), Borretsch (Borago officinalis) no more than 15 g/100 g.
2. Water content
a) In general no more than 20%,
b) Honey from Heidekraut (Calluna) and baker's honey in general a maximum of 23%,
c) Baking honey from Heidekraut (Calluna) no more than 25%.
3. Content of water-insoluble substances
a) In general no more than 0.1 g/100 g,
b) Presshonig no more than 0.5 g/100 g.
4. Electrical conductivity
a) Honey species in general and mixtures of these honigtypes not more than 0.8 mS/cm,
b) Honey-honey and chestnut honey and mixtures of these honey types at least 0.8 mS/cm.
The requirements laid down in points (a) and (b) shall not comply with the following types of honey, as well as mixtures with these types of honey:
Honey of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), Glockenheide (Erica), Eucalyptus, Linden (Tilia spp.), Heidekraut (Calluna vulgaris), Leptospermum, Teebaum (Melaleuca spp.).
5. Content of free acids
a) In general no more than 50 milliequivalents of acid per kg,
b) Backhoney a maximum of 80 milliequivalents of acid per kg.
6. Hydroxymethylfurfural content (HMF), determined after treatment and mixing
a) In general, with the exception of bakery honey a maximum of 40 mg/kg (subject to the provisions of point 7 (b)),
b) Honey with specified origin in regions with tropical climate and mixtures of such honey species no more than 80 mg/kg.
7. Diastase-number according to Schade, determined after treatment and mixture
a) In general with the exception of bakery honey at least 8,
b) Honey species with a low natural enzyme content (e. g. (b. citrushonig) and an HMF content of no more than 15 mg/kg at least 3.