California Code
DIVISION 13 - BEE MANAGEMENT AND HONEY PRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 - Honey

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 29401. - 29401. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 29402. - 29402. “Adulterated honey” means any honey to which has been...

Section 29403. - 29403. “Agent” includes broker, commission merchant, auctioneer, solicitor, seller on...

Section 29404. - 29404. “Clean and sound containers” means containers which are virtually...

Section 29405. - 29405. “Comb honey” means honey which is in the comb....

Section 29406. - 29406. “Container” means any box, crate, chest, carton, barrel, keg,...

Section 29407. - 29407. “Crystallized honey” means honey which has assumed a solid...

Section 29408. - 29408. “Deceptive arrangement” or “deceptive display” means any lot, load,...

Section 29409. - 29409. “Deceptive pack” means any container or subcontainer of honey...

Section 29409.5. - 29409.5. “Domestic honey” means comb or extracted honey produced within...

Section 29410. - 29410. “Extracted honey” means honey which has been removed from...

Section 29412. - 29412. “Foreign material” means wax particles, insects, or other materials...

Section 29413. - 29413. (a) “Honey” means the natural sweet substance produced by...

Section 29414. - 29414. “Honeybees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis mellifica....

Section 29415. - 29415. “Honeydew” means the dextrorotatory saccharine exudation of plants or...

Section 29415.5. - 29415.5. “Imported honey” means comb or extracted honey imported from...

Section 29416. - 29416. “Mislabeled” means the placing or presence of any false...

Section 29417. - 29417. “Pack,” or “packing” or “packed,” means the arrangement of...

Section 29418. - 29418. “Placard” means any sign, label, or designation, except an...

Section 29419. - 29419. “Section box” means the wood or other frame in...

Section 29420. - 29420. “Slack-filled” means that the contents of any container occupy...

Section 29421. - 29421. “Subcontainer” means any section box or other receptacle which...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 29441. - 29441. The director and the commissioners of each county of...

Section 29442. - 29442. The refusal of any officer who is authorized pursuant...

Section 29443. - 29443. The director may do all of the following: (a)...

Section 29444. - 29444. Any sample which is taken pursuant to this chapter...

Section 29445. - 29445. An enforcing officer may do all of the following:...

Section 29446. - 29446. An enforcing officer shall cause the prosecution of any...

Section 29447. - 29447. Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter, seize...

Section 29448. - 29448. If any markings are used or required to be...

Section 29449. - 29449. Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may decline...

Section 29450. - 29450. Any person, forwarding company, or common carrier may reserve...

Section 29451. - 29451. Honey may not be labeled honey or words of...

ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions

Section 29471. - 29471. If the requirements prescribed by this article are satisfied,...

Section 29472. - 29472. The containers of the ungraded honey shall not bear...

Section 29473. - 29473. The owner or person in possession of the ungraded...

Section 29474. - 29474. A person who makes a sworn statement pursuant to...

ARTICLE 4 - Standard Honey Containers

Section 29501. - 29501. The standard units of net weight of honey in...

Section 29502. - 29502. Containers which hold the following units of weight of...

Section 29503. - 29503. When honey is prepared for, and is shipped directly...

Section 29504. - 29504. The director may promulgate regulations to permit the preparation,...

ARTICLE 5 - California Color Standards

Section 29531. - 29531. The classes as to color comprising the California standards...

ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Standards, Containers, Color Classifications, and Markings

Section 29551. - 29551. As used in this article, “emergency standard” means any...

Section 29552. - 29552. The director, upon petition of persons that are interested...

Section 29553. - 29553. Emergency standards shall apply in lieu of the standards...

Section 29554. - 29554. Every emergency standard which is established pursuant to this...

Section 29555. - 29555. No emergency standard shall be construed to modify in...

Section 29556. - 29556. Every emergency standard which is issued pursuant to this...

Section 29557. - 29557. The hearing shall be not less than 10 nor...

Section 29558. - 29558. Notice of hearing shall be mailed not less than...

Section 29559. - 29559. At the hearing, interested parties shall be heard and...

Section 29560. - 29560. The director, upon his findings on the facts shown...

Section 29561. - 29561. Any emergency standard may be amended, suspended, or rescinded...

ARTICLE 7 - Comb Honey

Section 29581. - 29581. All comb honey shall be conspicuously marked, either on...

Section 29582. - 29582. All comb honey shall meet the requirements of the...

Section 29583. - 29583. Any container of comb honey which is marked as...

Section 29584. - 29584. Opaque containers of bulk or chunk comb honey shall...

Section 29585. - 29585. If comb honey is in crystallized form, a sample...

Section 29586. - 29586. In order to allow for variations which are incident...

Section 29587. - 29587. Comb honey which has crystallized shall be conspicuously marked...

ARTICLE 8 - Extracted Honey

Section 29611. - 29611. Every container or subcontainer of extracted honey shall be...

Section 29612. - 29612. All extracted honey shall meet the requirements of the...

Section 29613. - 29613. Any container of extracted honey which is marked as...

Section 29614. - 29614. If extracted honey is in crystallized form, a sample...

Section 29615. - 29615. All extracted honey regardless of grade term as marked,...

Section 29616. - 29616. In order to allow for variations which are incident...

Section 29617. - 29617. If the color of extracted honey is designated on...

Section 29618. - 29618. Any honey which is a blend of two or...

Section 29619. - 29619. Any slack-filled container shall be conspicuously marked “slack-filled.” (Enacted...

Section 29620. - 29620. Extracted honey in containers which hold five ounces or...

ARTICLE 9 - Labeling of Honey as to Origin and Flavor

Section 29641. - 29641. Any container or subcontainer of extracted honey which is...

Section 29642. - 29642. A container or subcontainer of comb or extracted honey...

Section 29643. - 29643. Every container and subcontainer of imported honey shall be...

Section 29644. - 29644. If the floral flavor of comb or extracted honey...

ARTICLE 10 - Violations

Section 29671. - 29671. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack,...

Section 29672. - 29672. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack,...

Section 29673. - 29673. It is unlawful for any person to mislabel any...

Section 29674. - 29674. It is unlawful for any person to place or...

Section 29675. - 29675. (a) It is unlawful for any person to move...

Section 29676. - 29676. (a) It is unlawful for any person to do...

Section 29677. - 29677. It is unlawful for any person to prepare, pack,...

ARTICLE 11 - Criminal Punishment and Procedure

Section 29701. - 29701. (a) Unless otherwise specified, a violation of this chapter...

Section 29702. - 29702. Any prosecution for the violation of any provision of...

Section 29703. - 29703. Any evidence which is taken by any enforcing officer...

ARTICLE 12 - Public Nuisances

Section 29731. - 29731. Any honey which is packed, stored, delivered for shipment,...

Section 29732. - 29732. The enforcement officer may affix a warning tag or...

Section 29733. - 29733. If a packer or owner of honey, or the...

Section 29734. - 29734. If an agent is found in possession of any...

Section 29735. - 29735. It is unlawful for any person to fail to...