In a message dated 8/7/00 9:17:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > One thing that we > discussed and questioned was why is honey not labelled a fat free product? > Every other fat lacking food product is touted as being fat free. Is there > a law that prevents honey from bearing a fat free label as well? The minute you make any health claims on honey, you come under a lot stricter regulation. You have to prove your claims. Now you'd think that would not be hard, but to do so to the satifaction of a bureaucracy can be expensive. Another example is herbs, which can be sold as foods without too much oversight, but the minute they make a health claim, they come under the jurisdiction of the FDA, and they are carefully scrutinized. Dave Green http://pollinator.com