Food and Drug Regulations

B.18.025 [S]. Honey shall be the food produced by honey bees and derived from

• (a) the nectar of blossoms,

• (b) secretions of living plants, or

• (c) secretions on living plants,

and shall have

• (d) a fluid, viscous or partly or wholly crystallized consistency;

• (e) a diastase activity, determined after processing and blending, as represented by a diastase figure on the Gothe scale of not less than eight where the hydroxy-methyl-furfural content is not more than 0.004 per cent; or

• (f) a diastase activity, determined after processing and blending, as represented by a diastase figure on the Gothe scale of not less than three where the hydroxy-methyl-furfural content is not more than 0.0015 per cent.