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Missouri Honey Label Requirements

Missouri honey label requirements come from the state's own honey law, RSMo 261.241: the name and address of the person who prepared it, the common name, and the name of all ingredients, in legible English. Bottle the honey at home and keep sales at $50,000 a year or less, and you need no separate bottling facility. Honey is not a Missouri cottage food; it has its own exemption.

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Missouri honey label

Required on every Missouri jar of honey

Three items from Missouri's honey law, plus the net weight that every packaged food carries.

Example label for an 8 ounce jar of Missouri wildflower honey with the beekeeper's name and address, the name Wildflower Honey, Ingredients: Honey and the net weight in ounces and grams
  1. 1
    Name and address of the preparerRSMo 261.241
    The person who harvested and bottled the honey: your name and address.
  2. 2
    Common name of the foodRSMo 261.241
    "Honey", or a true floral source name like "Wildflower Honey" or "Clover Honey".
  3. 3
    The name of all ingredientsRSMo 261.241
    Missouri's honey law asks for it on every jar. Pure honey has one ingredient, so "Ingredients: Honey" covers it. Cinnamon honey lists honey and cinnamon.
  4. 4
    Net weight21 CFR 101.7
    Not in the honey statute, but required on packaged food under federal rules. Honey is sold by weight, like "NET WT 8 OZ (227 g)".
  5. Keep a sales recordRequiredRecord the honey you bottle and sell. The record has to be available when the regulatory authority asks, and it proves you stay at or under $50,000 a year.
Missouri at a glance

The Missouri honey exemption at a glance

Sales limit$50,000 a yearAnnual honey sales per domicile. Above that, the bottling exemption no longer applies.RSMo 261.241
Where you bottleAt homeIn the home of the person who harvests and sells the honey. No separate bottling facility needed.
InspectionNot routineMissouri's health department treats pure honey as a raw agricultural commodity. Farms that harvest, filter and package their own honey aren't routinely inspected.
Cottage food lawDoesn't applyMissouri's cottage food law covers baked goods, canned jams and jellies, and dried herbs. Honey has its own law.RSMo 196.298
When Missouri honey gets inspectedWatch outThe Department of Health and Senior Services names four things that make a honey operation subject to inspection: honey brought in from another farm and packaged on site, honey sent off the farm to be packaged, adding ingredients to the honey, and further processing it.
No "not inspected" statement on honeyGood newsMissouri's honey law lists three label items and no statement or placard saying the honey was not inspected. That statement belongs to cottage foods like cookies and jam, whose labels must say the food is not inspected by the health department.
The federal side of your honey labelFloral source names, honey blends and the optional † footnote for added sugars on pure honey come from FDA. Our Nutrition Facts panels print the standard "Includes Xg Added Sugars" line, which is also correct for honey.Honey Labeling Requirements (FDA) →
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Missouri label questions

No. Missouri's cottage food law only covers baked goods, canned jams or jellies, and dried herbs or herb mixes. Honey has its own exemption in RSMo 261.241. Missouri Cottage Food Law →

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