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Indiana Honey Label Requirements

Indiana honey label requirements follow the home based vendor law, because honey jarred at home is a home based vendor food. Every jar shows your name and address, the common name, the ingredients, the net weight, the date it was processed, and a "not inspected" statement in at least 10-point type. No license and no sales cap, but you sell only to end consumers in Indiana.

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Home based vendor honey label

Required on every Indiana jar of honey

Six items, straight from the label section of Indiana's home based vendor law. The Indiana Department of Health confirms honey is covered when all the rules, including labeling, are followed.

Example Indiana home based vendor label for a jar of wildflower honey with the beekeeper's name and address, ingredients, net weight, date processed and the not inspected statement
  1. 1
    Your name and addressIC 16-42-5.3-5
    The name and address of the producer. That's you, the beekeeper who jarred it.
  2. 2
    The common or usual nameIC 16-42-5.3-5
    "Honey", or a floral source name like "Wildflower Honey" when it truly is the main source.
  3. 3
    Ingredients by weightIC 16-42-5.3-5
    Indiana asks for the ingredients on every home based vendor label. Pure honey has one: honey. Cinnamon or vanilla honey lists each ingredient, heaviest first, like "Honey, cinnamon".
  4. 4
    Net weight or volumeIC 16-42-5.3-5
    By standard measure or numerical count, like "NET WT 12 OZ (340 g)".
  5. 5
    The date it was processedIC 16-42-5.3-5
    The day you extracted and jarred the batch, like "Processed on June 14".
  6. 6
    The not inspected statementIC 16-42-5.3-5
    In at least 10-point type: "This product is home produced and processed and the production area has not been inspected by the state department of health. NOT FOR RESALE."
  7. Selling online? Post your labelsEasy to missIndiana home based vendors must post the label of each product on their website. Put a clear photo or file of every honey label on your product pages.
Indiana at a glance

Selling Indiana honey as a home based vendor

LicenseNoneHome based vendors are exempt from Indiana's food establishment rules, and a county or city can't require a license or inspection on top.IC 16-42-5.3-3, -12
TrainingFood handler cardGet a food handler certificate from an ANSI-accredited issuer and give a copy to your county health department.IC 16-42-5.3-7
Where you can sellIndiana onlyIn person, by phone or online, delivered in person, by mail or by carrier. Only to end consumers, never for resale, and no shipping outside Indiana.
Sales limitNoneIndiana's home based vendor law sets no dollar cap on your honey sales.
Raw, creamed, comb or infused honeyAll allowedThe Indiana Department of Health's handbook lists raw, creamed and comb honey as home based vendor foods when extraction, processing, packaging, storing and distribution happen in a home kitchen. Infused honey works too, as long as every infused ingredient is GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe).
Shipping honey inside IndianaSealedShip or deliver in a sealed package that shows whether it was tampered with. Keep each buyer's shipping or delivery address for at least one year, and hand the record to the state health department if asked.IC 16-42-5.3-6
The federal side of your honey labelFloral source names, honey blends and the optional † footnote for added sugars on pure honey are FDA topics. If you add a Nutrition Facts panel, ours prints the standard "Includes Xg Added Sugars" line, which is also correct for honey.Honey Labeling Requirements (FDA) →
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Not as a home based vendor. You follow the label, training and sales rules of the home based vendor law instead, and local governments can't add a license or inspection. Your local health department can still inspect after a complaint or if a product is misbranded or adulterated.

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