Honey Inspection Program

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) Honey Inspection Program, under the Canada Agricultural Products Act, ensures that any honey or honey products leaving the CFIA-inspected establishments or any honey imported into Canada, is safe, meets standards and is appropriately labelled. This includes evaluation of the overall manufacturing practices of honey processing establishments to ensure that all honey and honey products are manufactured under sanitary conditions.

Eligibility Criteria

The CFIA's honey inspection program applies to honey producer-graders, honey packing establishments as well as pasteurizing plants that engage in interprovincial or international trade or are wanting to use a Canada grade sticker on their product. Bulk, ungraded honey moving between provinces is exempt from the regulations.

Summary

The major activities undertaken by CFIA staff under this program include:

• inspecting establishments to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for grade and standardized container sizes;
• assessing equipment for its capacity to be adequately cleaned and its appropriateness for the intended use; and
• sampling honey for analysis of contaminants such as yeast, mould, chemical residues, heavy metals and harmful extraneous matter; for compliance with grades, net quantity and labelling requirements; and to verify authenticity.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
Regional Director, New Brunswick
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Suite 430
500 Beaverbrook Court
Fredericton, New Brunswick  E3B 5X4
Telephone: 506-452-4963
Fax: 506-451-2562
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml

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National Contact(s):
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
59 Camelot Drive
Nepean, Ontario  K1A 0Y9
Telephone: 613-225-2342
Fax: 613-228-6601
Toll-free (information): 1-800-442-2342
TTY Toll-free (hearing impaired): 1-800-465-7735
Web site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml
Hours of operation: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).