The following requirements shall apply for use of the seal of quality design on honey:

1. (a) A producer or packer of New Hampshire honey may use the state of New Hampshire seal of quality design after receiving a yearly permit from the department, and only while said yearly permit is active;
2. (b) Honey shall be compliant with all applicable provisions of RSA 429:13-27;

3. (c) Honey shall meet one of the following grades from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), as provided in “United States Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey”, AMS 52, effective May 23, 1985, available as noted in Appendix II:

   1. (1) U.S. Grade A; or
   2. (2) U.S. Grade B;
4. (d) Honey packages shall be labeled to state the predominant floral source and possess the color and flavor specific to that type except that when a single floral source is not predominant or the floral source is not known, then the label shall state "wildflower"; and

5. (e) Honey shall not have a moisture greater than 18.6 percent by volume.

   Source. #6734, eff 4-21-98 (formerly Agr 1002.05), EXPIRED: 4-21-06

   New. #10952, eff 10-21-15; ss by #14554, eff 4-7-26, EXPIRES: 4-7-36

   Appendix I

   Rule

   Specific State Statute the Rule Implements

   Agr 1001.01-Agr 1001.02

   RSA 426:1: RSA 426:2

   Agr 1002.01

   RSA 426:1, RSA 426:2, RSA 426:4, RSA 426:8

   Agr 1002.02

   RSA 426:1, RSA 426:7, RSA 426:7-a

   Agr 1002.03

   RSA 426:2

   Agr 1003.01

   RSA 426:1; RSA 426:2, RSA 426:11

   Agr 1003.02

   RSA 426:1-2, RSA 426:13-15

   Agr 1003.03

   RSA 426:1-2, RSA 428:22-27, RSA 438:22-26-a

   Agr 1003.04

   RSA 426:1, RSA 426:2, RSA 429:13-19, RSA 429:25

   Agr 1003.05

   RSA 426:1, RSA 426:2, RSA 429:13-25

   Appendix II

   Rule

   Material Incorporated

   How Materials May Be Obtained

   Agr 1003.03(d)(2) and (3)

   U.S. Standards, Grades and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs, AMS 56, effective July 20, 2000

   https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/shell-egg-grades-and-standards

   The document is available on the website to the public at no cost.

   Agr 1003.05(c)

   United States Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, AMS 52, effective May 23, 1985.

   https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/extracted-honey-grades-and-standards.

   The document is available on the website to the public at no cost.