To be precise the wording of Honey Directive 2001/110/EC states:n the
preanmble

Quote
(6) No pollen or other individual ingredient of honey is to be removed,
unless that is inevitable when organic and inorganic foreign materials are
removed. That process may be carried out by filtering. Where such filtering
leads to the removal of a significant quantity of pollen, the consumer must
be correctly informed to that effect by means of an appropriate indication
on the label.
End Quote
And In article 2 section 2
Quote
 the product names referred to in Annex I, points 2 and 3, shall apply only
to the products defined therein and shall be
used in trade to designate them. These names may be replaced by the simple
product name ‘honey’, except in the case of filtered honey, comb honey,
chunk honey or cut comb in honey and baker's honey.
End Quote

Similarly throught the directive it is specified that if the honey is
filtered to an extent that pollen is removed the honey must be so labelled.

Not quite the same thing as allowing honey to be filtered without warming
the customer.

Ruary
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> According to both the European Council’s Honey Directive 2001/110/EC and
the present Codex Aliminerius Honey Standard, filtration of honey is
permitted.

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