{"id":"F2008B00657","name":"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 2.8.2 - Honey","slug":"australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-8-2-honey","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71988,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00657-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code - Standard 2.8.2 - Honey","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Revised Code Index\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nStandard 2.8.2\n\nHoney\n\n \n\nPurpose\n\nThis Standard defines honey and sets certain compositional requirements for the product.  This Standard also makes the word ‘honey’ a prescribed name for the purposes of this Code.\n\nTable of Provisions\n\n \n\n1 Interpretation\n\n2 Composition of honey\n\n3 Prescribed name\n\nClauses\n\n1 Interpretation\n\nIn this Code -\n\nhoney means the natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of blossoms or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which honey bees collect, transform and combine with specific substances of their own, store and leave in the honey comb to ripen and mature.\n\n2 Composition for honey\n\nHoney must contain -\n\n(a) no less than 60 % reducing sugars;  and\n\n(b) no more than 21 % moisture.\n\n3 Prescribed name\n\nThe word ‘honey’ is a prescribed name.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1810},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The standard remains tightly focused on its original purpose of defining honey and setting basic quality parameters. It has not expanded beyond the core compositional requirements and name protection into areas like labeling format, safety testing, or export certification."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short clauses total","Single defined term (honey)","No cross-references to other complex standards","Simple numerical thresholds (60% minimum, 21% maximum) without exceptions or conditional logic","No procedural, enforcement, or administrative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule legally defines \"honey\" in Australia and New Zealand as the natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from nectar or plant secretions, transformed and stored in comb.  \n\nTo be sold as honey, a product must meet composition limits — at least 60% reducing sugars and no more than 21% moisture — protecting consumers and preventing syrup or adulterated products from being labeled as honey."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-8-2-honey","history":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-8-2-honey/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-8-2-honey/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-8-2-honey/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-8-2-honey/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australia-new-zealand-food-standards-code-standard-2-8-2-honey/documents"}}