Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 55-89 - Food, Lodging, and Recreation Safety
Chapter ATCP 87 - Honey And Maple Syrup
Subchapter I - Honey
Section ATCP 87.03 - Packaging and labeling

(1) Each section and each case of comb honey and every container in which cut comb honey, chunk honey or extracted honey is sold or offered for sale shall declare the name and address of the packer or dealer and the net weight of the contents.

(2) Every container of honey of any class represented as Wisconsin No. 1 shall bear a label statement of the color of such honey as specified in the definition.

(3) Crystallized extracted honey shall be labeled as such. The term "candied" may be used.

(4) No honey of any class shall be labeled or otherwise sold or offered for sale as "Wisconsin Fancy" honey unless it is white in color as specified in the definitions.

(5) No honey shall be sold or offered for sale at retail in anything but new sections or other containers; provided, however, that clean, sanitary, rust-free containers holding 50 pounds or more may be re-used for sales within the trade or to large commercial consumers.

(6) When the predominant flavor of the honey or the principal source from which the honey is derived is clearly predominant and readily distinguishable by experienced people in the industry, such flavor or such source may be declared on the label; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not be construed to permit the naming of more than one flavor or more than one source, nor to permit the naming of the honey by season.