# The Honey (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 6: Honey

Extent: E+W

(1) A person trading in a honey, except a honey to which paragraph (2) applies, must use the name “honey” in trade as the name of the product.
(2) This paragraph applies to—
(a) baker’s honey;
(b) comb honey;
(c) drained honey;
(d) extracted honey;
(e) filtered honey;
(f) honeydew honey;
(g) honey that contains one or more pieces of comb honey (chunk honey and cut comb in honey);
(h) honey that is obtained from the nectar of plants (blossom honey and nectar honey); and
(i) pressed honey.
(3) A person must not use the name “honey”, “mêl”, or the equivalent name in any other language, in trade, as the name of a product if the product is not honey.
(4) Nothing in paragraph (1) prevents a person trading in a honey to which paragraph (2) applies from using the name “mêl” in addition to the name “honey”.
(5) Nothing in paragraphs (1) or (4) prevents the name “honey” from being in any other language in addition to Welsh and English.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1507/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/honey-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-6
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