Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 50647

Honey: Regulation

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the definition of honey included in the 2015 Honey England Regulations.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Honey (England) Regulations 2015 lay down detailed specifications for honey in terms of its composition and quality criteria. One of the aims of these is to protect the use of the reserved description “honey” by setting a minimum expected compositiona...
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