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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="10-1904" title_number="10" title_name="Promotion and Identification of Agricultural Products" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Standard of Identity for Honey">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A product meets the Maryland standard of identity for honey if the product:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Does not contain any substance other than honey, including any food additive as defined in § 21–101 of the Health – General Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has not been subjected to chemical or biochemical treatments used to influence honey crystallization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Has not had any water added to the product in the course of extraction or packing for sale or resale as honey;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Has not begun to ferment or effervesce;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Does not have a moisture content greater than:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>23% for heather honey (Calluna); or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="18">
          <text>6% for all other honey;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Does not have a water–insoluble–solids content greater than:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="0">
          <text>5 gram per 100 grams for pressed honey; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="0">
          <text>1 gram per 100 grams for all other honey;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Does not have a fructose content greater than 50 grams per 100 grams;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Has a total amount of fructose and glucose equal to at least:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>45 grams per 100 grams for honeydew honey and blends of honeydew honey with blossom honey; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>60 grams per 100 grams for all other honey; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, has a sucrose content no greater than 5 grams per 100 grams.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The sucrose content of the following types of honey may be greater than 5 grams per 100 grams but not greater than 10 grams per 100 grams to meet the Maryland standard of identity for honey:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Alfalfa (Medicago sativa);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Citrus spp.;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>False Acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>French Honeysuckle (Hedysarum);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Menzes Banksia (Banksia menziesii);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensisi);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>Leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>Eucryphia milligami.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The sucrose content of the following types of honey may be greater than 5 grams per 100 grams but not greater than 15 grams per 100 grams to meet the Maryland standard of identity for honey:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Lavender (Lavandula spp.); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Borage (Borago officinalis).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
