• 5. (1) There shall be three grades of honey with the grade names “Canada No. 1”, “Canada No. 2” and “Canada No. 3”.

• (2) The requirements set out in Table III of Schedule I are hereby prescribed as the requirements for the grades of honey established by subsection (1).

5.1 The grade names established by these Regulations may be used only for honey that

• (a) is prepared in a registered establishment; and

• (b) meets the colour classification, grading, packaging and labelling requirements of these Regulations.

• 6. (1) Honey shall be graded in a registered establishment in accordance with the requirements set out in Table III of Schedule I.

• (2) Prepackaged honey to which these Regulations apply shall be classified while it is in liquid form and shall be marked in accordance with the colour designations on a Honey Classifier or the reading on a Pfund Honey Grader as prescribed in Table I of Schedule I.

• (3) Where honey to which these Regulations apply is packed in bulk containers, it shall be classified while it is in liquid form and shall be marked in accordance with the colour designation on a Honey Classifier or the reading on a Pfund Honey Grader as prescribed in Table II of Schedule I.

• (4) [Repealed, SOR/98-153, s. 3]

7. Honey to which these Regulations apply shall be marked “substandard” if it is sound, wholesome and fit for human consumption but does not meet the requirements of Canada No. 1, Canada No. 2 or Canada No. 3 grade.

8. Honey may be classified as to colour and graded under these Regulations only if

• (a) it is the food derived from the nectar of blossoms or from secretions of or on the living parts of plants by the work of honey bees;

• (b) it has a consistency that is fluid, viscous or partly or wholly crystallized;

• (c) its composition meets the requirements set out in Table IV of Schedule I for a kind of honey specified therein;

• (d) it has

  • (i) 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 hydroxymethylfurfural content is not more than 40 mg/kg, or

  • (ii) 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 hydroxymethylfurfural content is not more than 15 mg/kg;

• (e) it is clean, wholesome and fit for human consumption; and

• (f) it has not, in the opinion of the Minister, any deterioration seriously affecting its edibility, appearance or shipping quality.