You may take extreme measures to render honey absolutely sterile, but as soon as the customer takes the lid off the jar the product will be exposed to all the yeasts and bacteria floating everywhere in the air. If the honey is up to standard the osmotic pressure will prevent them multiplying and Pasteurising was pointless. Chris *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L