Regulation on honey. Country/Territory Slovenia Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No. 4/2011 Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Apiculture/sericulture Standards Internal trade Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Regulation entered into force on 5 February 2011. Abstract This Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, which is composed of ten articles and one Annex, lays down conditions and criteria for the quality of honey in accordance with Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey. For the purposes of these provisions, honey means the natural sweet substance produced by apis mellifera bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plants-sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in honeycombs to ripen and mature. Honey is classified into major types according to its origin and according to the way of acquisition. The Annex specifies parameters and criteria of the composition of honey. Full text Slovenian Website www.pisrs.si References - Legislation Implements Agriculture Act. Legislation | Slovenia | 2008 (2022) Keyword: Basic legislation, Agricultural development, Consumer protection, Farming, Genetic resources, Policy/planning, Biodiversity, Agricultural commodities, Cereals/grains/rice, Oils/oilseeds/fats, Sugar, Fruits/edible nuts, Vegetables/legumes, Internal trade, International trade, Food security, Textile plants/fibres, Floriculture, Crops/grasses Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey. Legislation | European Union | 2001 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Apiculture/sericulture, Standards, Internal trade, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX