Hello All,
If a member of BEE-L understands the new law please email me as I have spent
most of the day on the phone with beekeepers.
 and the National Honey Board.

question one.
The Honey Board says registration is free both in their mail out literature
"Keeping Food Safe" "How the new bioterrorism regulations may impact your
honey business" aand on the phone but at the registration website the fee is
$195 U.S. Whats the deal?

If I am reading the farm classification correctly some beekeepers may be
exempt BUT the rules are not very clear (at least not to myself and others).
Many beekeepers say all beekeepers which fill a jar of honey which is not
consumed on the farm needs to register.
Are they correct or incorrect?

Others say if you do not get the assigned registration number your honey
will be pulled from store shelves until you get the bioterrorism number.
Correct or incorrect?

Others say if you only produce drums of honey and sell to a single packer
you do not need to register. Correct or incorrect.

Because the above only involves a small part of the list please email me
direct unless you feel the information might benefit the list.

Deadline for registration is midnight today (12-12-2003).

Thanks in advance!

Bob

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