§ 10-1901. Definitions

   (a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) Blossom honey; nectar honey. -- "Blossom honey" or "nectar honey" means honey that comes from nectars of plants.

(c) Honey. -- "Honey" means the natural food product that:

   (1) Honey bees produce from the nectar of plants, secretions of living parts of plants, or excretions of plant-sucking insects on the living parts of plants;

   (2) Honey bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store, and leave in the honey comb to ripen and mature;

   (3) Consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and glucose, and other substances, including organic acids, enzymes, and solid particles derived from honey collection;

   (4) Has the color that may vary from nearly colorless to dark brown;

   (5) Has the consistency that may be fluid, viscous, or partly to entirely crystallized; and

   (6) Has the flavor and aroma that are derived from the plant of origin and may vary.

(d) Honeydew honey. -- "Honeydew honey" means honey that comes mainly from excretions of plant-sucking insects (Hemiptera) on the living parts of plants or secretions of living parts of plants.

HISTORY: 2012, ch. 189.