Draft Provisional Standard for Honey

Published in: 1968

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAM CODEX ALlMENTARIUS COMMISSION - March 1968

 

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1. DESCRIPTION
1.1 Definition of Honey
Honey means exclusively the sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of blossoms or from secretions of or on living parts of plants, which they collect, transform and combine with specific substances, and store in honey combs.

 

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