Criteria & Guidelines for Honey labelling and sales at the Honey Festival
All honey providers must be registered with
the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Divisions (DAFM) - see
attached link to Registration Document. It is free to register as a honey
provider. Download the Registration Form gov.ie-Beekeeping & Honey
ALL honey for sale MUST be delivered to the
Heritage Centre on Friday, September 18thbetween 5-8pm when Dan Quill will be
there to accept and register receipt of all honey.
NO honey can be accepted for sale on the day of the Festival. It will be rejected
as it causes too much disruption.
- All honey for sale must contain honey, and only honey.
- All honey jars should be clearlylabelled to include the following information :
a. Name of Honey Producer
b. Honey Type (Floral, Heather,Lavender etc.) or Irish Honey
c.Size 12 ozs/275ml etc.
d.Batch No.
e.Best Before Date
f. country of origin
Unfortunately, any honey not meeting
standards set out above cannot be sold at the Festival.
As usual, we will have 2 main selling
points for the honey managed by our member Colm Penston & Volunteers.
As always, we aim to maintain competitive
pricing for our visitors on the day - please see details below: As stated above
ABKA will retain 10% of the customer sales achieved on the day.
Customer Prices:
Floral/Summer Honey: €8 12 ozs/340g jars only
Floral/Summer Honey Cut Comb: €8, 8 ozs or 227g
Heather Honey & Heather Cut Comb: €12, 8 ozs or 227g