In general terms one have to separate primary to secondary production. How does go for beekeeping and honey production? If I go to the dairy production, milking the cow and putting that milk in big containers is primary production, when you pasteurice and bottle, when you make cheese or yogurt and the like, then it is secondary production. At least at Chile all this dairy primary production is under our AgServices but not Sanitary Ministry. At secondary level applies all the regulation for food production. We are trying to apply that criteria for the beekeeping sector. From the hive to the extracting room to as little as 25 kg drums should be primary production. Any further bottling is secondary. honey is also considered here a low risk production. *********************************************** 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