Honey

Agr 1003.05 Honey. The following requirements shall apply for use of the seal of quality design on honey: (a) A producer or packer of New Hampshire honey may use the state of New Hampshire seal of quality design after receiving a yearly permit from the department, and only while said yearly permit is active; (b) Honey shall be compliant with all applicable provisions of RSA 429:13-27; (c) Honey shall meet one of the following grades from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), as provided in “United States Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey”, AMS 52, effective May 23, 1985, available as noted in Appendix II: (1) U.S. Grade A; or (2) U.S. Grade B; (d) Honey packages shall be labeled to state the predominant floral source and possess the color and flavor specific to that type except that when a single floral source is not predominant or the floral source is not known, then the label shall state "wildflower"; and (e) Honey shall not have a moisture greater than 18.6 percent by volume. Source. #6734, eff 4-21-98 (formerly Agr 1002.05), EXPIRED: 4-21-06 New. #10952, eff 10-21-15; ss by #14554, eff 4-7-26, EXPIRES: 4-7-36