Honey — Specifications

This standard applies to all honeys produced by honey bees (Apis ssp.) and covers all styles of honey presentations which are processed and ultimately intended for direct consumption. The honey which is packed for sale in bulk containers, which may be repacked into retail packs is included. This standard covers honey for industrial uses.

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ii
Contents  Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2  Normative references . 1
3  Terms and definitions . 1
4  Specifications . 3
4.1 Good beekeeping practices .3
4.1.1 Harvesting .3
4.1.2 Feeding practices .3
4.2 Essential composition and quality factors .3
4.3 Post-harvest treatments .4
4.4 Chemical composition and organoleptic characteristics .4
4.5 Hygiene .9
5  Labelling, storage and transportation requirements . 9
5.1 Labelling .9
5.1.1 General .9
5.1.2 Name and designation .10
5.1.3 Information required for retail-packed honey .11
5.1.4 Information required for non-retail packed honey . 12
5.2 Storage and transportation . 12
5.3 Traceability . 12
6  Sampling and sample preparation .12
6.1 Sampling . 12
6.2 Sample preparation . 13
Bibliography . 14

iii
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through
ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee
has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations,
governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely
with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described
in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the different types
of ISO document should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
ISO draws attention to the possibility that the implementation of this document may involve the use of (a)
patent(s). ISO takes no position concerning the evidence, validity or applicability of any claimed patent
rights in respect thereof. As of the date of publication of this document, ISO had not received notice of (a)
patent(s) which may be required to implement this document. However, implementers are cautioned that
this may not represent the latest information, which may be obtained from the patent database available at
www.iso.org/patents. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions
related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO’s adherence to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), see www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34, Food products, Subcommittee SC 19, Bee
products.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

iv
Introduction
Honey is a primary agricultural food product. It corresponds to the matured product inside the hive, which
has been extracted from the combs, from which all impurities and extraneous matter have been removed,
and which can be homogenized and heated in a controlled manner for decrystallization or recrystallization.
Honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and glucose, as well as other
substances (e.g. volatile compounds, organic acids, enzymes) and solid particles (e.g. pollen and honeydew
elements). The colour of honey varies from nearly colourless to varied shades of brown, yellow, red, green
and other colours, depending on the floral source. The consistency can be fluid, viscous or partly to entirely
crystallized. The flavour and aroma vary but are derived from the plant sources.
[1]
This document is based on CXS 12-1981 .
Raw honey is not included in the document.

v
FINAL DRAFT International Standard ISO/FDIS 24607:2025(en)
Honey — Specifications
1 Scope
This document specifies the quality requirements, and labelling, storage and transportation conditions
for honey.
This document is applicable to honey produced by Apis mellifera bees. It is also applicable to honey from
other bee species provided that it meets the criteria in this document, and is ultimately intended for either
direct human consumption or as a food ingredient for indirect human consumption.
This document does not apply to honey which is not intended for human consumption as food.
2  Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 4833-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms —
Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique
ISO 7932, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of
presumptive Bacillus cereus — Colony-count technique at 30 degrees C
ISO 15213-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of
Clostridium spp. — Part 1: Enumeration of sulfite-reducing Clostridium spp. by colony-count technique
ISO 22005:2007, Traceability in the feed and food chain — General principles and basic requirements for system
design and implementation
ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
CXS 1-1985, General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods
CXS 346-2021, General Standard for the Labelling of Non-Retail Containers of Foods
3  Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
3.1
honey
natural sweet substance produced by honey bees either as blossom honey (3.2) or honeydew honey (3.3),
which the bees collect, transform by combining with their own specific substances, deposit, dehydrate and
store in the honeycomb to ripen and mature by natural processes

3.2
blossom honey
nectar honey
honey (3.1) obtained wholly or mainly from the floral and extrafloral nectaries of plants
3.3
honeydew honey
honey (3.1) obtained wholly or mainly from the excretions of plant-sucking insects (Hemiptera) on the living
parts of plants or secretions of the living parts of plants
3.4
honey for direct human consumption
table honey
honey (3.1) directly used as food that meets certain criteria
Note 1 to entry: The criteria are given in Table 1.
Note 2 to entry: It may be also used as food ingredient.
Note 3 to entry: It can be sold in bulk or packed into retail packs.
3.5
honey for indirect human consumption
Baker’s honey
honey for indirect consumption
food ingredient defined as honey for direct human consumption (3.4) or as honey (3.1) that may have been
adversely altered inadvertently during harvesting and/or post-harvest practices (overheating, fermentation,
etc.), such that it no longer qualifies for direct consumption
3.6
comb honey
honey (3.1) stored by honey bees in the cells of freshly built broodless combs or in the combs developed by
the honey bees using the provisioned comb foundations made solely of beeswax, and sold in sealed, whole
combs or sections of such combs
3.7
chunk honey
comb honey (
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ISO/TC 34/SC 19/WG 1
Secretariat: SAC
Date: 2025-04-1407-09
Honey — Specifications
Miel — Spécifications
FDIS stage
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication
may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO
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ii
Contents
Foreword . iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Specifications . 3
4.1 Good beekeeping practices . 3
4.2 Essential composition and quality factors . 4
4.3 Post-harvest treatments . 4
4.4 Chemical composition and organoleptic characteristics . 4
4.5 Hygiene . 9
5 Labelling, storage and transportation requirements . 9
5.1 Labelling . 9
5.2 Storage and transportation . 11
5.3 Traceability . 12
6 Sampling and sample preparation . 12
6.1 Sampling . 12
6.2 Sample preparation . 12
Bibliography . 13

iii
Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through
ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described
in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the different types of
ISO document should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
ISO draws attention to the possibility that the implementation of this document may involve the use of (a)
patent(s). ISO takes no position concerning the evidence, validity or applicability of any claimed patent rights
in respect thereof. As of the date of publication of this document, ISO had not received notice of (a) patent(s)
which may be required to implement this document. However, implementers are cautioned that this may not
represent the latest information, which may be obtained from the patent database available at
www.iso.org/patents. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions
related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO’s adherence to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), see www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 34, Food products, Subcommittee SC 19, Bee
products.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

iv
Introduction
Honey is a primary agricultural food product. It corresponds to the matured product inside the hive, which
has been extracted from the combs, from which all impurities and extraneous matter have been removed, and
which can be homogenized and heated in a controlled manner for decrystallization or recrystallization.
Honey consists essentially of different sugars, predominantly fructose and glucose, as well as other substances
(e.g. volatile compounds, organic acids, enzymes) and solid particles (e.g. pollen and honeydew elements). The
colour of honey varies from nearly colourless to varied shades of brown, yellow, red, green and other colours,
depending on the floral source. The consistency can be fluid, viscous or partly to entirely crystallized. The
flavour and aroma vary but are derived from the plant sources.
[1]
This document is based on CXS 12-1981 .
Raw honey is not included in the document.
v
Honey — Specifications
1 Scope
This document specifies the quality requirements, and labelling, storage and transportation conditions for
honey.
This document is applicable to honey produced by Apis mellifera bees. It is also applicable to honey from other
bee species provided that it meets the criteria in this document, and is ultimately intended for either direct
human consumption or as a food ingredient for indirect human consumption.
This document does not apply to honey which is not intended for human consumption as food.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 4833-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms — Part
1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique
ISO 7932, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of
presumptive Bacillus cereus — Colony-count technique at 30 degrees C
ISO 15213-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of
Clostridium spp. — Part 1: Enumeration of sulfite-reducing Clostridium spp. by colony-count technique
ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
ISO 22005:2007, Traceability in the feed and food chain — General principles and basic requirements for system
design and implementation
ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
CXS 1-2018-1985, General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods
CXS 346-2021, General Standard for the Labelling of Non-Retail Containers of Foods
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
honey
natural sweet substance produced by honey bees either as blossom honey (3.2) or honeydew honey (3.3), which
the bees collect, transform by combining with their own specific substances, deposit, dehydrate and store in
the honeycomb to ripen and mature by natural processes
3.2
blossom honey
nectar honey
honey (3.1) obtained wholly or mainly from the floral and extrafloral nectaries of plants
3.3
honeydew honey
honey (3.1) obtained wholly or mainly from the excretions of plant-sucking insects (Hemiptera) on the living
parts of plants or secretions of the living parts of plants
3.4
honey for direct human consumption
table honey
honey (3.1) directly used as food that meets thecertain criteria in 4.5 Table 1
Note 1 to entry: The criteria are given in Table 1.
Note 2 to entry: It may be also used as food ingredient.
Note 2 3 to entry: It can be sold in bulk or packed into retail packs.
3.5
honey for indirect human consumption
Baker’s honey
honey for indirect consumption
food ingredient defined as table honey for direct human consumption (3.4) or as honey (3.1) that may have
been adversely altered inadvertently during harvesting and/or post-harvest practices (overheating,
fermentation, etc.), such that it no longer qualifies for direct consumption
3.6
comb honey
honey (3.1) stored by honey bees in the cells of freshly built broodless combs or in the combs developed by
the honey bees using the provisioned comb foundations made solely of beeswax, and sold in sealed, whole
combs or sections of such combs
3.7
chunk honey
comb honey (3.6) cut into chunks and suspended in a medium of extracted honey
3.8
filtered honey
honey (3.1) exposed to a process that removes particles (e.g. wax, propolis, air bubbles, other elements)
normally found in honey as well as a statistically significant portion of the pollen and honeydew elements of
less than 100 micrometers micrometres that are normally found in honey
Note 1 to entry: For thixotropic honey (3.10), processes to liquefy (heating and pressure) the honey can be used to allow
filtration.
Note 2 to entry: Strained honey is different from filtered honey. A synonym of strained honey is sieved honey and refers
to honey (3.1) which has been strained in such a way that most of the particles of wax, propolis or other elements
normally present in honey, have been removed and the original composition and distribution of pollen remains
significantly unchanged. For thixotropic honey, processes can be used to allow straining.
Note 3 to entry: Filtered honey can only be marketed as honey for indirect human consumption (3.5).
Note 4 to entry: In case of For cases where microscopic analysis reveals an atypical concentration of pollen for the honey
type or total absence of pollen, it has toshall be labelled as filtered honey.
Note 5 to entry: The product resulting from thea mixture of filtered honey with unfiltered honeyshoney shall be
considered as filtered honey regardless of the percentage of each of them.
3.9
ultrafiltered product derived from honey
product resulting from a process that removes all pollen and/or protein from honey
Note 1 to entry: Ultrafiltered honey product can notcannot be blended with honey (3.1), blossom honey (3.2), honeydew
honey (3.3), honey for direct human consumption (3.4), honey for indirect human consumption (3.5), comb honey (3.6),
chunk honey (3.7) or filtered honey (3.8).
3.10
thixotropic honey
gel-like honey (3.1) that areis thick or viscous under static conditions but is able to flow when stirred or
agitated
3.11
pressed honey
honey (3.1) obtained by pressing broodless comb (, with or without the application of moderate heat –(i.e. not
exceeding 45 °C)
3.12
foreign sugar
sugars from sources other than honey (3.1), not produced by bees (, such as feeding syrup, candies, and
tailored-made syrup for fraud)
4 Specifications
4.1 Good beekeeping practices
4.1.1 Harvesting
In accordance with good beekeeping practice, honey should be harvested with less than 18 % moisture
content. Honey should be harvested from combs that have at least an average of 80 % capped-filled cells.
4.1.2 Feeding practices
4.1.2.1 a) Feeding production honey bee colonies (production hives) is a beekeeping practice to prevent
the starvation of the bees during periods without enough nectar flow to maintain a viable colony.
Feeding production hives may be done if, as far as possible, the harvested honey is always free from organic
or inorganic foreign matter to its natural composition.
The products used for the feeding should be natural (honey) or artificial (sugar feeding and protein
supplements in all forms but from sources found in bee produ
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Sommaire  Page
Avant-propos .iv
Introduction .v
1  Domaine d'application . 1
2  Références normatives . 1
3  Termes et définitions . 1
4  Spécifications . 3
4.1 Bonnes pratiques apicoles .3
4.1.1 Récolte .3
4.1.2 Pratiques de nourrissement .3
4.2 Facteurs essentiels de composition et de qualité .4
4.3 Traitements post-récolte .4
4.4 Composition chimique et caractéristiques organoleptiques .4
4.5 Hygiène .10
5  Exigences concernant l’étiquetage, le stockage et le transport .11
5.1 Étiquetage .11
5.1.1 Généralités .11
5.1.2 Nom et désignation .11
5.1.3 Informations requises pour le miel vendu au détail . 12
5.1.4 Informations requises pour le miel non vendu au détail . 13
5.2 Stockage et transport . 13
5.3 Traçabilité . 13
6  Échantillonnage et préparation des échantillons . 14
6.1 Échantillonnage .14
6.2 Préparation des échantillons .14
Bibliographie .15

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spécifiques de l'ISO liés à l'évaluation de la conformité, ou pour toute information au sujet de l'adhésion de
l'ISO aux principes de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) concernant les obstacles techniques au
commerce (OTC), voir: www.iso.org/iso/fr/avant-propos.html.
Le présent document a été élaboré par le comité technique ISO/TC 34, Produits alimentaires, sous-
comité SC 19, Produits apicoles.
Il convient que l’utilisateur adresse tout retour d’information ou toute question concernant le présent
document à l’organisme national de normalisation de son pays. Une liste exhaustive desdits organismes se
trouve à l’adresse www.iso.org/fr/members.html.

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ISO/DIS 24607:2024(fr)
Introduction
Le miel est un produit agricole primaire. Il correspond au produit mature à l’intérieur de la ruche, qui a été
extrait des rayons, desquels toutes les impuretés et matières étrangères ont été éliminées, et qui peut être
homogénéisé et chauffé de manière contrôlée en vue de la décristallisation ou de la recristallisation.
Le miel consiste essentiellement en différents sucres mais surtout en fructose et en glucose, ainsi qu’en
d’autres substances (par exemple les composés volatils, les acides organiques et les enzymes) et particules
solides (par exemple le pollen et les composants du miellat). La couleur du miel peut aller d'une teinte
presque incolore à des teintes variées de marron, jaune, rouge, vert et autres couleurs, selon l’origine florale.
Le miel peut avoir une consistance fluide, visqueuse ou cristallisée (en partie ou en totalité). La saveur et
l’arôme varient mais dérivent de la plante dont provient le miel.
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Le présent document repose sur la CXS 12-1981 .
Le miel brut n’est pas inclus dans le document.

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Miel — Spécifications
1  Domaine d'application
Le présent document spécifie les exigences de qualité, ainsi que les conditions d’étiquetage, de stockage et de
transport du miel.
Le présent document est applicable au miel produit par les abeilles Apis mellifera. Il est également applicable
au miel produit par d’autres espèces d’abeilles à condition qu’il réponde aux critères spécifiés dans le
présent document. Enfin, il est destiné à être utilisé pour une consommation humaine directe ou à servir
d'ingrédient alimentaire en cas de consommation indirecte.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas au miel non destiné à la consommation humaine en tant que denrée
alimentaire.
2  Références normatives
Les documents suivants sont cités dans le texte de sorte qu’ils constituent, pour tout ou partie de leur
contenu, des exigences du présent document. Pour les références datées, seule l’édition citée s’applique. Pour
les références non datées, la dernière édition du document de référence s'applique (y compris les éventuels
amendements).
ISO 4833-1, Microbiologie de la chaîne alimentaire — Méthode horizontale pour le dénombrement des micro-
organismes — Partie 1: Comptage des colonies à 30 °C par la technique d'ensemencement en profondeur
ISO 7932, Microbiologie des aliments — Méthode horizontale pour le dénombrement de Bacillus cereus
présomptifs — Technique par comptage des colonies à 30 degrés C
ISO 15213-1, Microbiologie de la chaîne alimentaire — Méthode horizontale pour la recherche et le
dénombrement de Clostridium spp. — Partie 1: Dénombrement des bactéries Clostridium spp. sulfito-réductrices
par la technique de comptage des colonies
ISO 22005:2007, Traçabilité de la chaîne alimentaire — Principes généraux et exigences fondamentales
s'appliquant à la conception du système et à sa mise en oeuvre
ISO/IEC 17025, Exigences générales concernant la compétence des laboratoires d'étalonnages et d'essais
CXS 1-1985, Norme générale pour l'étiquetage des denrées alimentaires préemballées
CXS 346-2021, Norme générale pour l'étiquetage des récipients de denrées alimentaires non destinés à la vente
au détail
3  Termes et définitions
Pour les besoins du présent document, les termes et définitions suivants s’appliquent.
L’ISO et l’IEC tiennent à jour des bases de données terminologiques destinées à être utilisées en normalisation,
consultables aux adresses suivantes:
— ISO Online browsing platform: disponible à l’adresse https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: disponible à l’adresse https:// www .electropedia .org/

ISO/DIS 24607:2024(fr)
3.1
miel
substance naturelle sucrée produite par les abeilles sous forme de miel de fleurs (3.2) ou miel de nectar (3.3
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