Comb Honey

[Keith Benson]

This is prolly a dumb question but do the same rules for having a honey house and such apply to section comb honey as extracted? IOW, can I sell ross rounds at a local farm stand if I don't have a honey house?

Keith

[sqkcrk]

Why sure u can.

[George Fergusson]

Here in Maine you need a food processing license to sell extracted honey, you need no such license to sell comb honey. I took exception to this on the basis that I don't believe uncapping combs, spinning out the honey, and bottling it constitutes "processing" but nobody seems to agree.

But Keith... Cob honey?

[Jeffzhear]

Wow, I had never thought about that George, the possibility that one might need a food processing license to sell extracted honey. Does anyone know if you need one in NY and/or PA?

[Keith Benson]

But Keith... Cob honey?

Dagnabbit - how can I correct the spelling in a title?

Keith

[Jim Fischer]

The easy way to get around this problem is to talk with the health
and regulatory people, and register your kitchen as the lowest-level
food production facility, which would be "bakery". Call your comb
honey a "sweet" a "candy" or a "confection", and there ya go.

The trick here is that nothing perishable is handled in your packaging
of comb honey, and if you show them a Ross Round, a Hogg Cassette,
or a Bee-O-Pac, and explain that you never actually touch the comb
honey itself, they should go easy on you in regard to requirements.

Most often they want to see a door that can close off the kitchen from
dogs, kids, and other messy creatures, countertop surfaces that can
be cleaned well, and the all-important isolated storage of the products
sold, so that they are not intermixed with the household foodstuffs.

Repeat after me "I make and sell candy". :)

[Dee]

kgbenson
see if the moderator (coyote) can fix it for you?? send him a pm

[Barry Digman]

kgbenson
see if the moderator (coyote) can fix it for you?? send him a pm

There's probably a way to do it, but my first attempt failed. I'll see if I can figure it out.

[BeeAware]

I sell chunk honey and have one customer who always asks for some "corn cob honey". That's what he calls the chunk honey!