§1434.5. Eligible honey.
7 C.F.R. § 1434.5
To be eligible for a loan, the honey must:
Have been produced by an eligible producer;
Have been produced in the United States during the calendar year for which a loan is requested and extracted on or before December 31 of such calendar year;
Be of merchantable quality deemed by CCC to be suitable for loan; that is, the honey—
Is not adulterated;
Has not been scorched, burned, or subjected to excessive heat resulting in objectionable flavor, color deterioration or carmelization;
Does not contain any ineligible honey floral sources; such as andromeda, bitterweed, broomweed, cajeput (melaleuca), carrot, chinquapin, dog fennel, desert hollyhock, gumweed, mescal, onion, prickly pear, prune, queen's delight, rabbit brush, snowbrush (ceanothus), snow-on-the-mountain, spurge (leafy spurge), tarweed, and similar objectionably-flavored honey or blends of honey as determined by the Director, Price Support Division, FSA. If any blends of honey contain such ineligible honey, the lot as a whole will be considered ineligible for loan;
Does not contain excessive bees or bee parts, paint chips, wood chips, or other foreign matter; and
Is not fermenting; and
Be stored in acceptable containers.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[66 FR 15177, Mar. 15, 2001, as amended at 80 FR 141, Jan. 2, 2015]
Authority
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7231-7237, 7931-7936, and 9031-9040; and 15 U.S.C. 714b and c.
Source
Source: 66 FR 15177, Mar. 15, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[66 FR 15177, Mar. 15, 2001, as amended at 80 FR 141, Jan. 2, 2015]