Description
This guidance is intended to advise the regulated industry on the proper labeling of honey and honey products in accordance with sections 402 and 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 342 and 343) and its implementing regulations.
Scope & Applicability
Product Classes
1A thick, sweet, syrupy substance that bees make from nectar; The primary product subject to labeling guidance
Stakeholders
1Entity responsible for submitting NDINs
Regulatory Context
Attributes
2The required naming convention for ingredients on a label.; The standard naming convention required for ingredients in the list.
The plant or blossom from which the honey is derived
Related CFR Sections (4)
- 21CFR102.5§ 102.5 General principles.
(a) The common or usual name of a food, which may be a coined term, shall accurately identify or describe, in as simple and direct terms as possible, the basic nature of the food or its characterizing properties or ingredients. The name shall be uniform among all identical or similar products and maRead full regulation →
- 21CFR101.3§ 101.3 Identity labeling of food in packaged form.
(a) The principal display panel of a food in package form shall bear as one of its principal features a statement of the identity of the commodity.Read full regulation →
- 21CFR101.22§ 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives.
- 21CFR101.4§ 101.4 Food; designation of ingredients.
Related Warning Letters (10)
- 2025-09-30
CGMP/Dietary Supplement/Adulterated/Misbranded
Time Challenger Labs International, Inc.
- 2025-09-30
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated
Hans Bakery Inc. d/b/a Andersen’s Bakery
- 2025-06-24
Food Labeling/Misbranded
Revolution Foods, PBC
- 2025-06-03
CGMP/Hazard Analysis/Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food/Adulterated
One Roof LLC
- 2024-12-03
CGMP/Manufacturing, Packing or Holding Human Food/Adulterated/Insanitary Conditions
Mena Food Group, LLC
- 2024-11-26
Food Labeling/Misbranded
Stew Leonard’s Holdings LLC
- 2024-10-15
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated
Alfred Louie, Inc.
- 2024-10-01
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated
NRS Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Sunflour Bakery
- 2024-06-25
Food Labeling/Misbranded/False and Misleading
Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.
- 2024-06-11
Acidified Foods/Prepared Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions
Midwest Foods, LLC
See Also (8)
- Guidance for Industry: Implementation of Section 403(t) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343(t)) Regarding the Use of the Term "Catfish" (Status: Final)
- CVM GFI #122 Manufacture and Labeling of Raw Meat Foods for Companion and Captive Noncompanion Carnivores and Omnivores (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Ingredients Declared as Evaporated Cane Juice (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Derived from Genetically Engineered Plants (Status: Final)
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Food Has or Has Not Been Derived From Genetically Engineered Atlantic Salmon (Status: Draft)
- CPG Sec 540.750 - Use of The Seafood List to Determine Acceptable Seafood Names (Status: Final)
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame as an Allergen (Status: Draft)
- Guidance for Industry: The Use of an Alternate Name for Potassium Chloride in Food Labeling (Status: Final)