> If unpasteurized honey is not allowed in Canada, does this mean that
 > there is no comb honey on sale "officially"?

Comb honey is totally unregulated in Canada, and in export.  Importing
countries, however do have their own standards.

 > In terms of a new grade  "raw" and "unfiltered" are perhaps not the
 > best of marketing words...

'Raw' is not necessarily a bad word when used with carrots or peas or other
vegetables, and makes people stop and think.  I don't know what the answer is.

You can read a lot on the topic of packing honey and regulations in the logs.
In particular, I said much of what I have to say in my post #9467, dated 24 Jun
1996, available by sending the following order to [log in to unmask]:
getpost bee-l 9467 or by reading through the archives at
http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/Bee-l.htm using keys like 'unpasteurized' and
'unpasteurised' and 'raw' and 'filter'.

As for the Canadian regs, I don't know the answer there either.  I've been
involved in dealing with the regs, honey council, and inspection agency - plus
its predecessor over the years -- and am not sure if there even exists a
politically acceptable answer to the problem.

The above post will perhaps help explain then conundrum that beekeepers and
packers are in when it comes to labelling and marketing honey, as will some of
the other posts on the topic.

BTW, where is the meeting?

allen
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