Resources for Honey Industry members
- Reporting Instructions:
Detailed reporting instructions for the USDA-approved First Handler's Report form. By federal law, reporting is required of all first handlers of honey in the United States. This sections details how the process works, and how to successfully complete and submit the First Handler's Report and any required assessments.
- Materials available for order:
The National Honey Board has a catalog of promotional and marketing materials available at nominal fees, including many printed recipe and information brochures. A limited number of certain items are available to all assessment payers free of charge.
- NHB Fact Sheets
The National Honey Board has a collection of informational fact sheets available at no cost in limited quantities to honey industry members. These may also be downloaded as PDF files from this website for home printing. Click through to the fact sheet page to view or download these files, or for ordering information.
- External Links:
A collection of links to honey industry associations, publications and USDA resources relevant to honey industry members.
- Labeling Information:
It is very important to meet legal requirements for proper labeling of honey. Here you will find essential guidelines and definitions.
- Honey Quality Resources:
Here is a collection of documents which will assist honey industry members who are seeking honey quality definitions and quality assurance procedures, and in locating analytical laboratories which test honey.
- Organic Exemption Forms
Two PDF documents are available for download:
- A summary from
the Federal Register "Exempting
Organic Producers From Assessment by Research and Promotion Programs"
- "Organic Exemption
Request Form" for eligible honey handlers and importers to apply for the exemption.
- European Union Export Program