Packing and selling honey

In short

• Before your first sale, check with the competent authority what your way of selling needs: registration, premises, label, testing, tax.
• The net weight on the label is a promise: fill by weight on a working, approved (stamped) scale.
• Label: name, net weight, best before, batch, producer, country of origin. No healing claims.
• Every batch has a number, a record entry and a retained sample jar.
• Price = honey + jar + labour + selling costs, not "what everyone else charges".
• Honey on a stall in the shade: a jar in the sun overheats within an hour or two.

What's inside

Chapters

1. From jar to customer
2. The rules: the principle and what to ask
3. Containers
4. Filling by weight
5. The label: what must be on it
6. Quality, batches and complaints
7. Pricing a jar
8. At the market and the farm gate
9. Posting and selling online
10. Gift boxes and other products
11. Common mistakes
12. Printable checklist

Worksheets

• Sales calendar
• Price and income calculator
• Date calculator
• Questions for the authorities
• Sales record
• Customer list and orders
• Batch and complaints record
• Jar labels