Utah Admin. Code R70-520-2 - Definitions
(1) "Honey" means the natural sweet substance
produced by honeybees from nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts
of plants that the bees collect, transform by combining with specific
substances of their own, then deposit, dehydrate, store, and leave in the
honeycomb to ripen and mature.
(2)
"Blossom Honey" or "Nectar Honey" means honey that comes from the nectar of
plants.
(3) "Comb" or "Comb honey"
means honey stored by bees in the cells of freshly built broodless combs and
sold in sealed whole combs or sections of combs.
(4) "Raw honey" means honey:
(a) as it exists in the beehive or as
obtained by extraction, settling, or straining;
(b) that is minimally processed;
and
(c) that is not
pasteurized.
(5)
"Straining" means the process of removing particulate matter from honey by
passing it through a metal or fabric screen or cloth with mesh large enough to
pass pollen grains, enzymes and minerals.
(6) "Department" means the Utah Department of
Agriculture and Food.
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