Minnesota Statutes Agriculture (Ch. 17-42) § 31.74. 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 than25/100percent of ash, and not more than eight percent sucrose.

Subd. 2. Prohibited sale. 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 Repealed byLaws 2012, c. 244, art. 2, § 36, par. (a), eff. July 1, 2012.

Subd. 4. Food consisting of honey and another sweetener. Consistent with the federal act, the federal regulations incorporated undersection 31.101, subdivision 7, and the prohibition against misbranding insections 31.02and34A.03, the label for a food in semblance of honey and consisting of honey and another sweetener must include but is not limited to the following elements: