Minnesota Statutes 31.74 – Sale of Imitation Honey
Subdivision 1.Honey defined.
As used in this section “honey” means the nectar and saccharine exudation of plants, gathered, modified and stored in the comb by honey bees, which is levorotatory, contains not more than 25 percent of water, not more than 25/100 percent of ash, and not more than eight percent sucrose.
Subd. 2.Prohibited sale.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 31.74
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 31.74
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, it is unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any product which is in semblance of honey and which is labeled, advertised, or otherwise represented to be honey, if it is not honey. The word “imitation” shall not be used in the name of a product which is in semblance of honey whether or not it contains any honey. The label for a product which is not in semblance of honey and which contains honey may include the word “honey” in the name of the product and the relative position of the word “honey” in the product name, and in the list of ingredients, when required, shall be determined by its prominence as an ingredient in the product.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2012 c 244 art 2 s 36]